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[–] [email protected] 31 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Honestly I'd be perfectly fine if we just stopped treating it like the Forbidden R-Word

I'm Autistic for the record

[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

I wouldn't pejoratively call a mute person dumb, a mobility device user lame, or an intellectually disabled person retarded

but I will absolutely call cringe political fanatics lame, dumb retards

also here's some free fag-passes from your friendly internet dyke, cuz "fag" is a great fuckin multipurpose word

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (3 children)

This is like saying “When I say ‘that’s gay’, I don’t mean gay as in homosexual, I mean gay as in stupid”.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I think it's a bit different when the word has been totally abandoned for the previous use. I don't know anyone who uses 'lame' or 'dumb' to refer to people with those disabilities. It's practically an archaic meaning at this point. Gay is still most popular as a reference to sexuality.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

How do you think they got to be archaic?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

New words were found for the original meaning that were less pejorative, causing the slang to take over?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

if straight women got bleeped when they said "dyke" I'd have a way easier time dating 🫠

just run up to a hot gal with a fake microphone like "TRIVIA POP QUIZ WHAT'S THE WORD FOR 'an embankment for holding back water'!?"

"[bleep]?"
"correct thank you ma'am have a nice day"

"dyke?"
"correct! question 2 are you single and/or dating?"

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

"TRIVIA POP QUIZ WHAT'S THE WORD FOR 'an embankment for holding back water'!?"

"A levee??"
"... touchè"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm confused - does the microphone have gaydar screening and auto-bleep capabilities? I would describe that as much more than a fake microphone.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

moreso this is a hypothetical alternate universe where every time a straight woman says the word "dyke" it gets bleeped, a la that South Park clip

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I mean thank you, I remember I got banned from a group like 10 years ago because I said the forbidden F-word, they all knew I was pan and trans, but apparently my N-Word Pass expired?

Can't say the t-word either, I remember before it was a pejorative it was more like a cute nickname.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

original meaning: "waaaah I got trapped into thinking a person of the sex I'm not attracted to is hot and now my genitalia is making me feel weird!"

new & improved meaning: this person dressed not as their assigned-birth-sex is so hot they could literally trap me Looney Tunes style by being distractingly attractive 😩

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I thought they meant the slur that's also slang for a car's transmission.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

oh yeah! that's way cutesier-sounding than trap now I think about it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Not the T-Word I meant, I think Trap is still an appropiate term for femboys in a purely sexual context. It's only offensive when used as a term for transgirls... at least that's what I've heard

The word I was thinking of is six letter long

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I may be happily ignorant, but what is the "f-word" and "t-word"?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Check slang terms for Transmission and British Cigarette