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This is really a big step in my opinion, as language choices can shape opinions, as the article states "a ‘significant step forward’ in recognizing the preventable nature of road collisions."

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 week ago (18 children)

in UK

Now they call it an "oopsie whoopsie automobiley dealy"

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 week ago (13 children)

The official new word is "collision".

Also "accident" is being phased out in recognition of the fact that crashes should be prevented, not considered an unavoidable or acceptable downside of automobile use.

Accident implies there is no culpability.

[–] dufkm 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The official new word is “collision”.

Oopsie, I just had a collision in my underwear.

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