Speaking of euphemisms, do you guys know of any common dysphemisms?

GulbuddinHekmatyar@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 71 points –

Here's an example from me

If you want to de-normalize a nation's state/government, call them

::: spoiler spoiler a regime

:::

Other examples include: hospital --> loony bin

Edit: the more I think about it, the more I realize dysphemism are insults?

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Back when I was in high school, I remember people calling introverts and goths "freaks" (i.e. people who are outside the "norm".)

classic normie behavior

I tell my friends that Asperger's is a super power and that the word, "normies" is an insult.

I've aways assumed "normie" was an insult. But I might be over sensitive to such things, becaise "cis" also sounds like an insult to me.

A lesbian friend was the first person to call me cis. I had no idea what it meant. Now that I understand I have embraced the term to make clear how I see myself. I am a cis male.