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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Hextubewontallowme@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Here's an example from me

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

spoilera regime


Other examples include: hospital --> loony bin

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

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[-] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

I tell my friends that Asperger's is a super power and that the word, "normies" is an insult.

[-] TheWoozy@lemmy.world 3 points 7 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.

[-] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 2 points 7 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@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago
[-] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago
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