merari42@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 2 days agoCoincidentally, FFM peg is also something you can find on the hublemmy.worldimagemessage-square184fedilinkarrow-up1984arrow-down135
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minus-squarebrown567@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 days agoNot quite what the XKCD is talking about, but my favorite linguistic phenomenon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysphemism
minus-squareKlear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoI prefer cacophemism. You can make some really fucked up new concepts by replacing eu- (good/well) with caco- (bad): cacology, cacogenics, cacophoria (I guess dysphoria got there first), cacoangelium and my favourite, cacothanasia.
Relevant xkcd
Not quite what the XKCD is talking about, but my favorite linguistic phenomenon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysphemism
I prefer cacophemism. You can make some really fucked up new concepts by replacing eu- (good/well) with caco- (bad):
cacology, cacogenics, cacophoria (I guess dysphoria got there first), cacoangelium and my favourite, cacothanasia.