• Flying Squid
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      429 days ago

      Some people find that word to be too misogynistic to use as an epithet. I’m not quite sure where I stand on that myself, but I tend to avoid it overall.

      • @pingveno
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        229 days ago

        In the context of the US, it most certainly is. Other places, maybe not so much.

      • @[email protected]
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        128 days ago

        I’m not British so I cannot use it in the proper manner. Literally the only demographic that can get away with it being an 8/10 on the Carlin index of offense terminology. If you aren’t British it’s pretty much a 10.