Here’s an example from me

If you want to de-normalize a nation’s state/government, call them

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a regime


Other examples include: hospital --> loony bin

Edit: the more I think about it, the more I realize dysphemism are insults?

  • @200ok
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    92 months ago

    Back when I was in high school, I remember people calling introverts and goths “freaks” (i.e. people who are outside the “norm”.)

    • @qisope
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      52 months ago

      classic normie behavior

      • Maple Engineer
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        102 months ago

        I tell my friends that Asperger’s is a super power and that the word, “normies” is an insult.

        • TheWoozy
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          32 months ago

          I’ve aways assumed “normie” was an insult. But I might be over sensitive to such things, becaise “cis” also sounds like an insult to me.

          • Maple Engineer
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            22 months ago

            A lesbian friend was the first person to call me cis. I had no idea what it meant. Now that I understand I have embraced the term to make clear how I see myself. I am a cis male.

        • @200ok
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          22 months ago

          i.e. “boring” 💪