This is a static copy of In the Rose Garden, which existed as the center of the western Utena fandom for years. Enjoy. :)
#1 | Back to Top09-10-2012 09:52:09 AM
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Words That Should Be Retired
Not because you're tired of hearing them, but because they have no functional use anymore.
To start: "Coed."
WTF's a "coed" today? Oh, it's a female student... probably in a porno.
But I still see the New York Times, Yahoo News, and genuine on the street human beings use it as if it has serious currency today, in english-centric parts of the world.
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#2 | Back to Top09-10-2012 11:59:49 PM
Re: Words That Should Be Retired
And along with coed can go poetess and aviatrix. They're nice words, but we don't need them anymore, and they've started to sound a little patronizing. Happily, I think they're dying already -- along with some early tech buzzwords like "information superhighway" that have outlived their usefulness.
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