Re:The Euphemism Treadmill
by HKH2 on Thursday August 22, 2024 @01:33AM
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I know what 'nerf' and 'grammable' mean because they're obvious, but I won't ever think of using them. The rest I honestly have no idea about. I really don't care about fashionable language.
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Your disinterest is ostentatious to the point of itself being a fashion statement.
Also, 'nerf' and 'grammable' are obvious? I know what nerf means but neither are in any way obvious. I think you've got some unexamined ideas about language that have more to do with the words you learned as you were coming up than any principled or aesthetic reason.
> Your disinterest is ostentatious to the point of itself being a fashion statement.
Which part of what I said was unwarranted?
> Also, 'nerf' and 'grammable' are obvious?
If you know the brands, the verbs/adjectives can stick easily.
> I think you've got some unexamined ideas about language that have more to do with the words you learned as you were coming up than any principled or aesthetic reason.
I think you have problems understanding why people say what they do.
Your degree of disinterest in 'fashionable' words. It is itself a fashion statement.