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aasasd on April 22, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Google’s AI-powered ‘inclusive warnings’ feature i...

Yeah, it's a continuous process, called ‘euphemism treadmill’ (not a technical term though): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemism#Lifespan

However, personally I'm pretty sure that the US is overdoing it.

londons_explore on April 22, 2022 [–]

There must be some way to measure that... Eg. Percentage of language 'cancelled' per year.

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