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"If anyone has a problem, I'll just calmly explain the etymology of the word..." (lemmynsfw.com)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Welcome to the funhouse of undulating mirrors, where words become meaningless, they can mean whatever you want (or don't want) them to mean.

This is also where we imbue magical powers to some words, as we try to ban them... which only makes them more powerful and volatile, and they might even suddenly manifest themselves implied in places and other words where they've never been implied before!