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did you guys use another word in place of the subject when talking about a serious subject? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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i remember my friends and i would say "he repented her" instead of sexual assault/rape because it was "lighter", and because some places like school may have banned the word.

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[โ€“] 10 points 1 year ago

To further this person's point, the term for that is "code switching"

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