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leraje@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 weeks agoOutside of the US, that meaning fell away and/or changed in some places quite sometime ago. I know it's difficult for a certain type of American to envisage a world outside of their own borders but believe it or not, it does exist and even has different cultural language evolutions.
Nemo@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
Uh huh. “I’m used to it and I don’t want to change” is such a tired excuse.
leraje@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
I really don't mind discussing this with you, but please at least make an effort to have your statements make some kind of sense. Just try and envisage the possibility that outside of the US the same or similar words have always had, or have evolved to have, different or alternative meanings. The people where I live who still interpret the word in the same way you insist is the only possible interpretation are of an older generation. Its in pretty common use by all genders in younger generations.
Also, if you ever get around to getting a passport (a document that lets you travel to other countries), you might want to leave Australia, the UK and Ireland in particular out of any travel plans you have.
Nemo@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
This is not like “fag” in the UK meaning cigarette, a word evolving into two separate meanings only one of which is a slur.
You describe in your own comments that the word is considered a swearword, and that older generations still consider it that way. If I’ve misunderstood this so far, please correct me. That in mind, I don’t feel particularly out of line venturing that it’s still used to refer crudely to a woman’s vagina. Correct so far? And it’s also still used as an insult, albeit often a friendly one? Again, correct me if I’m wrong.
leraje@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Yes its a swear word. Yes, there is a shrinking population where I am (UK) that still can associate it with its original meaning (but that is different in other places too) but you can apply that weak justification to a lot of other words too. 'Cool' literally means 'not warm' but it has also evolved to incorporate other totally different meanings, which can also vary slightly or a lot depending on geographical colloquial use.
You find it offensive because of your local cultural interpretations. I acknowledge that and respect it, hence why I have said things like 'that word' in my subsequent comments to you. What I'm asking you to consider is that, in places away from your local culture, it doesn't carry that meaning and hasn't for some time. The US is not the entire world.