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SneerClub@awful.systemsEnglish · 11 months ago

LW: [Request]: Use "Epilogenics" instead of "Eugenics" in most circumstances - people just don't like the word itself yes that must be it. Coined by Aella.

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LW: [Request]: Use "Epilogenics" instead of "Eugenics" in most circumstances - people just don't like the word itself yes that must be it. Coined by Aella.

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SneerClub@awful.systemsEnglish · 11 months ago

[Request]: Use "Epilogenics" instead of "Eugenics" in most circumstances — LessWrong

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It’s not that verbing nouns weirds language so much as the regreekification.

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