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For the record I was posting in support of inclusive language, but pointing out that context and convention matter.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago

yeah, it’s almost as if language is an evolving thing….
but fuck that noise, i only accept definitions from the 1876 edition of Merrium-Webster… all other usages are wrong.
(i do seriously had when the nounify a verb like “cringe” or making “sus” mean anything at all bad…