@Wilshire to Not The OnionEnglish • 2 years agoIraq bans the word "homosexual" on all media platforms and offers an alternativewww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square42arrow-up1204arrow-down15
arrow-up1199arrow-down1external-linkIraq bans the word "homosexual" on all media platforms and offers an alternativewww.cbsnews.com@Wilshire to Not The OnionEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square42
minus-square@afraid_of_zombieslinkEnglish1•2 years agoWords are defined by usage not by dictionary writers. When people use that word to describe other people they use it a pejorative.
minus-square@SylverlinkEnglish1•2 years agoThis gets difficult when you interact with strangers on the internet over vast distances. People may say it that way where you are from, but not here, so all we have to call back on is literal definitions of the words
minus-square@afraid_of_zombieslinkEnglish1•2 years agoDo you really think that is what they meant based on what they wrote?
minus-square@SylverlinkEnglish1•2 years agoWho? The top comment? Because yes, I believe they were using the literal definition of the word
Words are defined by usage not by dictionary writers. When people use that word to describe other people they use it a pejorative.
This gets difficult when you interact with strangers on the internet over vast distances. People may say it that way where you are from, but not here, so all we have to call back on is literal definitions of the words
Do you really think that is what they meant based on what they wrote?
Who? The top comment? Because yes, I believe they were using the literal definition of the word
You believe that.
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