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Isn’t a two-way mirror just a window? I think you meant “one way mirror.”
No. English is just hella stupid. 🤣
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-way_mirror
How many ways is a normal mirror, then? Do we call it a "no way mirror"?
wouldn't a one-way mirror only be used "one way" and a two-way mirror be used in "two ways"?
While a no-way mirror is a mirror owned by a vampire.
A one-way mirror is only one-way when the lighting conditions are correct. Otherwise you can see right through it from both sides
Well I mean dictionaries. Kind of like how webster defines literally with
Definition 1: In a literal manner such as ....
Definition 2: used in an exaggerated way to emphasize a statement or description that is not literally true or possible.
Both terms are used
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-way_mirror