Comment on Young people these days only use the word "slut" in dirty talk, such that calling someone a slut in polite company is now unacceptable. The sluts stole the word for themselves. Great job, sluts!

• Grail@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It used to be. Politeness is a social construct and changes over time. I could name all sorts of horrible things that used to be polite. And even today it’s polite to casually talk about paying for a dead body to be cooked at a restaurant.

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  • lmaydev@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Although the ultimate origin of the word slut is unknown, it first appeared in Middle English in 1402 as slutte (AHD), with the meaning of ‘dirty, untidy, or slovenly woman’.

    It’s never been polite. Not sure what you mean.

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  • rockerface@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I miss the old times. Not because of horrible things that are normalized now, but because we had believable bait back then

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  • Tenniswaffles@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The fuck are you talking about? It was always used as an insult. Just because more people were willing to call people slits doesn’t mean it was actually acceptable in actual polite company.

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  • lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What horrible thing used to be polite? Kindly telling someone they’re a slut?

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