Topic: Language Trends

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Entomophagy
Episode 1699 2:27:22 - 2:33:52

1699: Entomophagy

Gender Neutral Language, The-bies and Congress-persons

A TikTok video advocating for terms like "the-bies" instead of babies and "birthing people" instead of mothers is discussed. John Dvorak recounts a story from 1986 involving a PC World editor who insisted on using "congress-person" instead of "representative" to signal gender neutrality, a practice he views as early virtue signaling.