Post #2818888
2026-01-02 12:07 UTC
In my oppinion it’s not the words that are the problem but the intent behind. You can say any phrase hurtfully if you want to. Especially in everyday speach you are also trying to speak with less and easily understandable words. It’s not a scientidfic paper, you don’t say *Felis silvestris catus*, you say *cat*.
So nta.
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@Archr@lemmy.world 2026-01-02 19:19
This. Words are descriptive not prescriptive. As long as the person understood what you meant,which they almost certainly did as they corrected you, then the words that you used don’t really matter. Note, this doesn’t mean all words are inoffensive.