• jarfil@beehaw.org
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    9 months ago

    There is a nice warning ⚠️ on that page, may want to check the Wikipedia to learn more.

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      9 months ago

      Yes there is, and that applies to definition #2; may want to read more closely.

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        9 months ago

        It applies to both. The word is a neologism created specifically for an eugenic purpose, using it as an insult doesn’t change its meaning.

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          It was a neologism associated with the eugenics movement (“created specifically for” appears to be editorializing on your part), more than 100 years ago. The word has LONG since lost any connection with that meaning, with the sole exception of virtue signaling like yours.

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          OK, since you like Wikipedia, here’s a new one for you:

          A control freak can also be considered as a person who tries to make others do things the way that they want, even if the other people prefer to do it another way, and even if the initial person has no good reason for interfering.