I have several friends who type fvck, fck, or f*ck, which I don't understand, because if you don't feel comfortable typing the word, just use a different word. Though, of course, I say things like N-bomb, but only in the context of "[asshole] said the N-bomb."
Lately I've been trying to purge ableist words from my vocabulary. It's hard, and complex, because 1) many of them really don't mean what they used to and are never used in that context, and 2) I self-identify as a few of them, and I will continue to use those words to describe myself.
But that's contemporary inclusive language, not bowdlerization. The latter is ridiculous (but not stupid, which was the word I wanted to type).
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Date: 2019-10-04 10:50 pm (UTC)Lately I've been trying to purge ableist words from my vocabulary. It's hard, and complex, because 1) many of them really don't mean what they used to and are never used in that context, and 2) I self-identify as a few of them, and I will continue to use those words to describe myself.
But that's contemporary inclusive language, not bowdlerization. The latter is ridiculous (but not stupid, which was the word I wanted to type).