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 * {{anchor|friends}}{{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.
-* {{anchor|gusu}}{{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''.
+* {{anchor|gusu}}{{code|grow up, shut up}}
+:: a ''[[dog whistle]]''/''[[ad personam]]''. It adds nothing to the issue. It attacks the (perceived) immaturity of the opponent.
 == Terms that are harmfully biased, but the bias isn't against the youth ==