People love their ingroup terminology and quirks. Like that a power cable connecting the RV is a shoreline (eyeroll) and that ships are female (double eyeroll).

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otterley 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

Many languages use gendered nouns today including German and Spanish; the few remaining in English are a holdover from centuries past. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_in_English

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soulofmischief 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

What's wrong with a standardized vernacular or domain-specific language?

	▲	cyral 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		This particular one gives the opposite meaning to anyone unfamiliar with the term

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3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

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