Words to avoid: Difference between revisions
→Terms that are culturally biased against the youth: age-appropirate |
→Terms that are loaded by itself: grow up, shut up |
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* {{code|friends}} - when used to mean {{code|peers}} when misused to communicate with young children. | * {{code|friends}} - when used to mean {{code|peers}} when misused to communicate with young children. | ||
:: This leads to making it hard for young children to distinguish between people they like to spend time with and people they spend time with. | :: This leads to making it hard for young children to distinguish between people they like to spend time with and people they spend time with. | ||
* {{code|grow up, shut up}} - it adds nothing to the issue. It attack (perceived) immaturity of the opponent. It's an example of ''ad personam''. | |||
== Terms that are harmfully biased, but the bias isn't against the youth == | == Terms that are harmfully biased, but the bias isn't against the youth == | ||