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I am begging academics to use normal words (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Oppobrium? Latifundium? Bellicose? Effete? Really? What the fuck is wrong with these people. These words are like paragraphs apart

Edit: just read the term "professional-cum-technocratic ethos" this shit is not normal and the author should be ashamed

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

"professional-cum-technocratic ethos"

Yuck.

Bellicose? Effete?

I like and use those.

Opprobrium?

I might use that online if I want to be fancy and/or silly.

Latifundium?

What the heck.

latifundium (plural latifundia)
A large landed estate or ranch in ancient Rome or more recently in Spain or Latin America, typically worked by slaves.
Etymology: mid 17th century from Latin, from latus "broad" + fundus "landed estate", partly via Spanish.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Latifundium?

I recognize this one because in the yellow parenti video he talks about Cuban latifundio owners before the revolution, and how they would kill peasants who crossed over their land.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago

i recognise this cos my history teacher taught us about them in 8th grade

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I mean. The last one is a very specific noun to describe a very specific thing. It's not pointless.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

it's just a Spantation, don't need 5 syllables for that shit