• Zip2@feddit.uk
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    29 days ago

    Maybe I’m just thinking the crudeness of the term is downplaying the seriousness somewhat.

    I’ll award virtual internet points that you can redeem for absolutely nothing to anyone who can come up with a better term.

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      29 days ago

      Too late. it is a widely used term with a very specific meaning now. that’s language for you. not just modern language. all of language.

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        29 days ago

        Yeah, you’re right. If I’d have spoken up earlier then people would have listened!

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          29 days ago

          I feel your pain. I am not a native english speaker but I see lots of comparable words come up in my language. I believe they are wrong but I know many “wrong” examples that were wrong a century ago but they are part of the daily language now.