LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Mental Health@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agoDo you agree?piefed.cdn.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square38linkfedilinkarrow-up1148arrow-down134
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minus-squarehazel@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·17 days agoIt’s the ratchet effect of language. The bar for using a stronger term is lowered, thus strong terminology becomes the minimum, and new superlatives arise for extreme circumstances.
It’s the ratchet effect of language. The bar for using a stronger term is lowered, thus strong terminology becomes the minimum, and new superlatives arise for extreme circumstances.