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Which word do you dislike most?

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    Trump.

    I will never speak it again.

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    The Fanta Menace.

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      Relevant greentext:

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      The sandwich bit is nonsense, given that it owes his name to the Earl of Sandwich AFAIK.

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        I only use "breeding" to refer disparagingly to the actions of those who believe that having kids is mandatory or, at least, unavoidable.

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        That's how I thought it was used.

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        • R [email protected]

          The sandwich bit is nonsense, given that it owes his name to the Earl of Sandwich AFAIK.

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          The Earl of Sandwich invents the sophisticated breaddystack only for the plebs to just refer to it by its inventor. Imagine inventing the morphodynamic semioscillating inverter only for the uneducated commons to call it a "Jimothy" or something.

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            The Fanta Menace.

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            beautiful 🤩

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            • softestsapphic@lemmy.worldS [email protected]

              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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              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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                "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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                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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                • rmuk@feddit.ukR [email protected]

                  I won't, because I can't.

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                  no you can't

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

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                      Literally.

                      Because holy fuck, Carter, learn a new word.

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                      • H [email protected]

                        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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                        Thanks for the link. Interesting definition / history on that word. However, I like it even less now that read all that 🙂

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                        • L [email protected]

                          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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                          Well my dear there were only 6 words in that question.

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                          • softestsapphic@lemmy.worldS [email protected]

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

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                            Equalitarian?

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                              I'm not typically one to kink shame, but that's just creepy.

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                              I've known a few people who used "breeding" as a kink word and I'm like motherfuckers i raised four kids it's not a fucking kink, it's a lifelong occupation.

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                              • idunnololz@lemmy.worldI [email protected]

                                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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                                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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                                • randomcruft@lemmy.sdf.orgR [email protected]

                                  Thanks for the link. Interesting definition / history on that word. However, I like it even less now that read all that 🙂

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                                  Pleasure is mine 😀

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                                    Literally.

                                    Because holy fuck, Carter, learn a new word.

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                                    Like literally 😆

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                                    • softestsapphic@lemmy.worldS [email protected]

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

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                                      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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                                        Literally.

                                        Because holy fuck, Carter, learn a new word.

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                                        Bro. Are you kidding me right now? Are you kidding me bro? Bro. Bro.

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                                          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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                                          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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