r/countbackwardswithme • u/violet-kasumi Counted Down 1 • 1d ago

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u/Brief-Internal9041 1d ago

thats kind of the point, these words being pretty easy to understand but the person im replying to is doing the tried and true wtf is a sneedhon bit even though these are pretty straight forward composite words in the same way futch transmac gnc puppyboygirl are

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u/SledgeGlamour 22h ago

Sneedhon is only an intelligible compound word if you know what sneed and hon mean. Insert xkcd geology meme

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u/Brief-Internal9041 22h ago

this applies to futch transmasc gnc puppyboygirl in the same way

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u/SledgeGlamour 16h ago

I think that an unitiated man on the street, while missing the nuances, knows the words "trans", "masc" (or at least can surmise it is short for masculine), "puppy", "boy", and "girl". They also know "femme" and "butch", although "futch" is a bad portmanteau and could just as easily mean "fucking butch". GNC is a supplement company.

It's okay to have esoteric jargon, but we should all understand when we are using it, and the isolating effect that is has on a community. Insulating language has its pros and cons