PC Thesaurus
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soc_puppetSubstitute insults and phrases for use in undermining the kyriarchy. WIP until forever, probably.
Basic concept: If a word is directly linked to an inherent trait - or even sometimes a non-inherent trait, such as religion - it is not okay to use that word as an insult. Its very use as an insult implies that it is a bad thing, when in reality it's just different. People who belong to groups that whose descriptors are used as insults can feel belittled whenever the terms are so used. Additionally, while an individual may feel insulted by a word, if that word describes a subset of the population, that entire group is also insulted, and, if the individual is also a member of that group, they are doubly insulted.
...There's probably a simpler way to explain this, but I'm having trouble coming up with it ._.a I'll keep my eyes peeled for one.
Useful: Watch Your Mouth - One Two Three
On "bitch" and other misogynist terms
Insults:
Adj: Suboptimal
Noun: Git, Douchebag, Asshole, Dolt, Glaik
Turns-of-phrase:
[Driving me] Crazy, nuts, up a wall = beyond capacity, exhausting my capacities, [driving me] trucknutz
On the no-say list:
Gyp[ped], Jew[ed], lame, moron, maroon, retard, bitch, dick, prick, putz, [any other gendered phrase], rape-as-anything-other-than-actual-rape
Instead of (gypped, jewed, lame...), use: weak, rip[-off], cheap, crappy, sucky, shitty...
Tobitch complain, gripe
Being such abitch hardass about it
I'm nobody'sbitch dog, dancing pony, trained bear
Basic concept: If a word is directly linked to an inherent trait - or even sometimes a non-inherent trait, such as religion - it is not okay to use that word as an insult. Its very use as an insult implies that it is a bad thing, when in reality it's just different. People who belong to groups that whose descriptors are used as insults can feel belittled whenever the terms are so used. Additionally, while an individual may feel insulted by a word, if that word describes a subset of the population, that entire group is also insulted, and, if the individual is also a member of that group, they are doubly insulted.
...There's probably a simpler way to explain this, but I'm having trouble coming up with it ._.a I'll keep my eyes peeled for one.
Useful: Watch Your Mouth - One Two Three
On "bitch" and other misogynist terms
Insults:
Adj: Suboptimal
Noun: Git, Douchebag, Asshole, Dolt, Glaik
Turns-of-phrase:
[Driving me] Crazy, nuts, up a wall = beyond capacity, exhausting my capacities, [driving me] trucknutz
On the no-say list:
Gyp[ped], Jew[ed], lame, moron, maroon, retard, bitch, dick, prick, putz, [any other gendered phrase], rape-as-anything-other-than-actual-rape
Instead of (gypped, jewed, lame...), use: weak, rip[-off], cheap, crappy, sucky, shitty...
To
Being such a
I'm nobody's
