every new word sounds silly at first, that's why every generation makes fun of the kids' slang. hell, remember when "yeet" was new? it sounded so silly and stupid, but it's just another part of the lexicon now.

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

Yeet is still silly, and spread because it's silly. That's not what we want for replacement pronouns.

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

my point still stands, the more a word is in use the less "silly" it sounds. if you shoot everything down as sounding "too silly" then nothing will ever rise to that bar and become "acceptable" enough to use. you're basically going "i think neopronouns are silly and we shouldn't use them" with extra steps.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Neologims get added all the time. Being silly tends to help them spread, but it's not a requirement.