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[+] 27 points 1 year ago (16 children)
  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago* (5 children)

    I uh... I'm not sure what your source is, but for mine 'breeding' is anything but "only for procreation"

    E: in case it isn't painfully obvious, I am le gay, so that may factor into your source woes :p

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I'd say that is more about a kink than anything remotely religious

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    Why?

    I can point out a whole collection of really creepy kinks. This is just a word that is normally used for when two animals produce offspring, so let's use it for people shagging, makes it more animalistic.

    I really don't see the problem with this one but if you want real kina to blink twenty times, look into vore or guro

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    It is, maybe, something very particular as I am not familiar with that term used through "Puritanical thingy". Sorry, I am located in Europe and lack of knowledge about Puritans 😬 [ANSWER RECEIVED]

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

    biweekly, bimonthly, etc.

    Wtf does it mean? Twice a week? Every two weeks? Who knows. What's the point of this word when it's so ambiguous.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Twice a time period. Semi for every two time periods. So every two weeks is semiweekely. However it gets misused so often you almost always have to check making it almost useless.

    Similar to failsafe vs redundant.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Frustratingly enough, it's the other way around. Biweekly is every two weeks, semi weekly is two times a week.

    I remember it like this:

    • bicycles are two circles, biweekly is two weeks
    • semicircles are half a circle, semiweekly is half a week

    But yes, people use the words interchangeably so often that it's faster just to avoid the problem altogether and just say "every two weeks".

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    In the UK we have the word "fortnight" for two weeks, which helps. I also found out very recently that "biannual" mean twice a year and "biennial" means every other year so, yeah, fuck knows.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    Can't pick just one so here're a couple.

    "Crypto" used in the context of cryptocurrrencies. "AI", referring only to LLMs. "Research", referring to an indeterminate amount of reading up on the topic at hand, such as in the phrase "do your own research" that's being bandied around in some communities.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    "AI", referring only to LLMs.

    Yeah, it's annoying because there are a lot of legit image recognition and pattern matching applications in my work field, and I need to ask for clarification every time someone says "AI".

    Like, is this actually useful, or do you mean "we asked ChatGPT to generate you 20% nonsense"?

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Slay because my 10 year uses it for everything. Slayalicious, slaytastic, slayme...

    Nag. Just sounds harsh

    Bungalow. Should be obvious.

    People who shorten food names aren't doing English any favors...

    'za (Pizza), taters, sgetti, nanners, gnosh (im hungry I need some gnosh gnosh)

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I've come to hate "Utilize." It has a decent purpose as "using to the fullest extent," or, "making do with something in a new context."

    Instead, I just hear it as a replacement for "use" when someone wants to sound smart.

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  • [+] 9 points 1 year ago (9 children)
  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    "literally" and "like"

    ...because it's literally used like every two words

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Like literally like oh my gawd did you see that basic bitch with last year's iPhone pro max ultra deluxe special edition? I'm totally unfolloeing her on everything

    it's literally the day after the release of the new model

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I'm so fucking tired of the word "cringe" lately.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Any misspoken words, said with full confidence that it is correct.

    I left him know.

    There's a woof in the backyard.

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    That one I hear so much, I'm afraid it will become the new normal way of pronouncing ask. Definitely bugs me!

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  • [+] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)
  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Hmm... I like that, sorry. But, there is a little history behind that word.

    An alcoholic mixed drink, and derived senses you will need to scroll down a bit to get to the alcoholic drink part.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    A peacock's tail is a flourish, something that adds to the whole without detracting.

    A cocktail combines spirits with other flavors to make them something else.

    I don't really drink cocktails, but thr antiquated term makes sense in a particular context.

    Now looking it up, apparently the origin of the term isn't actually known and my interpretation isn't even in the running, but I'm saving this anyway because it's amusing.

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    [–] 5 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    I like woody sort of words. Bound, prudy, recidivist. Erogenous zone, loose woman... concubine! Errrogenous zooooone!

    Funny thing, dear. All the naughty words sound woody.

    E: It appears I have misread the question. But I'll leave my Monty Python reference here.

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    “Mouthfeel.” Especially if it’s a food show.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I don’t hate it, but apparently they have done polls and often the top result is:

    Moist

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    The F word that means "a bundle of sticks" used almost exclusively as a homophobic slur.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    With some specific exceptions, for me. If you are one, and you aren't using it against others, it's fine. Like storytelling and describing a conversation, or just even being playful about it. Maybe being at a store with some friends looking at clothes or something, describing yourself and how something looks perhaps? Totally fine in my book. That's our term, we should be able to reclaim it for ourselves.

    But someone else who I don't know and can't immediately determine the meaning/context that uses it? Bitch you about to die.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I don't know. I think reclaiming slurs can be a good thing, (queer, for example), but that one is inherently violent and I always feel uncomfortable when I hear it. Like, there's a reason you didn't write it out in your comment.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    It’s unfortunate - I like the concept of people talking about bundles of sticks, or slang for cigarettes. But the negative usage so dwarfs those cases that they’re really no longer legitimate

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    [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Ointment… it sounds so gross

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    pulchritudinous

    it's an incredibly ugly word

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    'Woke' when used as a perjorative.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Lots of sex words, none of which I will list.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Irregardless, inflammable, idiom are all like nails on a chalkboard to me

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    I dislike words with the nasal E sound, specifically meal. I don't know what but for the last three years I can't stand the word meal. "Oh I hope you had a good MEEEEEEEeeeeal"

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Literally.

    Because holy fuck, Carter, learn a new word.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Panties. Paaaaanties.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Can’t or won’t. Take your pick.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Too many to count. A lot of the current slang

    Rizz comes close to the top of the list

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    "y'all" its so wierd how people normalized such a cringe word, and it was originally laughed at because people who often say it dont seem so intelligent.

    also the words "academic incest" which is really wierd an cringe, it suppose to describe getting more than 1 degree, usually a grad and a UNDERGRAD In the same university.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago

    As an intellectual from The South, I’m taking it back. Y’all is a missing part of speech in the English language and follows known patterns. I use it with pride.

    However, saying that out loud I realize I have opened myself up to w’all and will have to give that a try.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Broth.

    I hate that word. To be clear, I have no ethical, cultural or culinary objection to broth, but it's an awful word to say. You have to empty your lungs to say it, it just sounds like your belching, there's no standout syllable to emphasise, in fact, is it actually monosyllabic or not? Bro-ffff? Utter horseshit. From now on, it's Thick Soup.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago
    [–] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Feminism

    Between the toxic terfs and the toxic trads i think the word has been sullied, maybe beyond recovery.

    I beleive in equality and free expression for all, but I don't feel like that's a goal that aligns with most modern forms of Feminism.

    It is a word that's supposed to mean eqality, but these days when someone identifies as a feminist my mind assumes they're gonna be a reactionary bigot.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I don't agree. I think it's still just as powerful a word even though people purposely try to weaken it

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    What could I call myself to show I am a feminist, but not that type of feminist.?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    I personally feel like anyone who's not a bigot IS by nature a feminist at least in a solidarity for the ENTIRE human race sense, but keep in mind, this is coming from my perspective as a male, so I might be missing something by virtue of it not regularly impacting me personally.

    I'd love a less-abused word, personally.

    As a guy, I don't think I'd WANT to call myself a feminist, lest I be incorrectly associated with the likes of Joss Whedon, Neil Gaiman, or a whole host of other clearly NON-feminists who hid behind the word to cover their actions.

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