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I agree with you. It's a bit frustrating though, when moving towards language that doesn't harm any other groups of people, I lose so much of the color and succinctness of the language I was previously using; I find that I'm limited to saying minor variations of, "I feel negatively about that because of reasons (that cannot be succinctly said and make me sound like I care more about hearing myself talk than my audience's ability to listen)."


Find colourful substitutes, then. "Clownboat", "absolute biscuit" or similar. Might not be as succinct but they're even more colourful.


I honestly wish I could have come up with those substitutes. I have a great deal of trouble in independently finding language that sounds like that since no one I listen to/read talks/writes like that. I'll have to jump down the rabbit hole of finding people that use that kind of language for more substitutes.




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