i remember my friends and i would say “he repented her” instead of sexual assault/rape because it was “lighter”, and because some places like school may have banned the word.
No. It’s an artifact of dodging algorithmic suppression of speach, and should be avoided in any circumstance where you won’t be punished for speaking clearly. And generally any communication system or social circumstance that requires that requires you to speak unclearly or ambiguously should be avoided in favor of those where you can speak in a way that is clear.
that’s gotta be the most fucked up example of self censorship word replacement i’ve ever seen. ‘unalive’ sounds like something from 1984, but at least it means what it means. ‘repent’ instead of ‘rape’ sounds like you think sexual violence is a moral good.
but in short, no. the more serious the subject, the more important to speak plainly. if the subject isn’t appropriate for the situation, then drop the subject, don’t sugarcoat the language.
No. That’s doubleplus ungood.
Absolutely not. I use the proper word for the situation. If someone raped someone, I’m going to use the word rape, not sugar coat to soften the blow and lessen the severity of the action. If the audience I’m talking to doesn’t know what the word rape means, then we probably aren’t having the conversation to begin with.
that’s fair. we did it as young teens because we couldn’t say “rape” but i get that it’s disrespectful
You could always say ‘rape’, even as a teen. Why do you think you couldn’t?
No, it’s disrespectful
fair enough
The old ban the word and you don’t have to worry about the thing that the word describes
No, in short.
I use legal/bureaucratic slang when I write some legal bureaucratic shit. I use kids slang when I talk to kids. I use Reddit slang when I post here. Should I continue or you get the idea?
To further this person’s point, the term for that is “code switching”
ohhh i get itttt
