• @idiomaddict
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    1101 month ago

    It stands for female humanoid and is exactly as dehumanizing as it sounds

    • @IlIllIIIllIlIlIIlI
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      171 month ago

      I think that the part being dehumanized is the one that uses that word.

    • atro_city
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      -301 month ago

      How is that “dehumanizing” when human is literally in the explanation. Had it been “female apeoid” I’d have agreed, but humanoid… So “moid” for male humanoid is “dehumanizing” too?

      • @[email protected]
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        491 month ago

        How is that “dehumanizing” when human is literally in the explanation. Had it been “female apeoid” I’d have agreed, but humanoid… So “moid” for male humanoid is “dehumanizing” too?

        “A humanoid is a non-human entity with human form or characteristics.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanoid

        A humanoid is by definition not human, hence calling a human a humanoid is dehumanizing.

          • @clickyello
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            81 month ago

            graceful. props to you.

            more people should be like this.

      • @idiomaddict
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        141 month ago

        -oid is like -esque, in that it describes something that resembles the root word, without actually being it.

      • babybus
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        1 month ago

        And the n-word literally means “black”. But from the context we know that it is being used as a derogatory word just like in this case.