• Geodad@lemmy.world
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    When people call sex “breeding”.

    It sounds like some puritanical shit where they believe that sex is only for procreation.

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      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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          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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          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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      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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      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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        [ANSWER RECEIVED]

        Did you look them up? That’s basically what most of the mainstream US churches are based off of.

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    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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      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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      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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    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)

    • f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz
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      Phonetically, 'za should be short for lasagne, and 'sa for pizza… or people can just say the damn words.

      Whatever, I guess. Peeps gon’ slang slang, for real, for real. 🤦‍♂️

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    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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    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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    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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      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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      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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      Off-topic:
      I’m always tempted to write it out. The word is in everybody’s mind while we read the text. It gets so powerful if people decide to talk around it. But if the context is not hurtful, it’s just a word. Nothing happens. It becomes an insult if the mind of the one who says it or the one who reads it decides to make it one.
      Plus the assholes who use it as a slur will say it anyway. We’re not achieving anything by erasing it from our bubble.
      Well, that’s what I think about it. :)

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      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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    Cocktail… it sounds stupid as a word to describe an alcoholic drink. Maybe it’s because I’m not a drinker and I just don’t understand 🤷

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      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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        I’ll also take your definition. It sounds good and if there’s not a known origin, it could be true