Speaking of euphemisms, do you guys know of any common dysphemisms?
Speaking of euphemisms, do you guys know of any common dysphemisms?
Here's an example from me
If you want to de-normalize a nation's state/government, call them
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a regime
Other examples include: hospital --> loony bin
Edit: the more I think about it, the more I realize dysphemism are insults?
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Back when I was in high school, I remember people calling introverts and goths "freaks" (i.e. people who are outside the "norm".)
classic normie behavior
I tell my friends that Asperger's is a super power and that the word, "normies" is an insult.
I've aways assumed "normie" was an insult. But I might be over sensitive to such things, becaise "cis" also sounds like an insult to me.
A lesbian friend was the first person to call me cis. I had no idea what it meant. Now that I understand I have embraced the term to make clear how I see myself. I am a cis male.
i.e. "boring" 💪
Exactly.