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[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

LadyButterfly -> LadyFlutterby

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

as long as you don't do ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠 —⟩ ℕ𝕠𝕖𝕞

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago

Nah. I just think FlutterBy has such a nice ring to it, plus it's very descriptive of the creature (which may or may not include OP)

[–] misterdoctor@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In glassblowing, the gloryhole. And I’d change it to literally anything that’s not that.

[–] wabasso@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

I get it but which definition came first? Sometimes I feel we should protest the sexualization of formerly innocent words.

[–] Derpenheim@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Beans on toast -> shit on a shingle

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 days ago

But that already refers to chipped beef on toast!

I'd call wasps "terrifying vindictive pain machines".

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"Computer Science" is a terrible name for the field. I know it's called something like "Infomathics" in German and that's yards better.

Londoners have it right: Underground rail should be called as such and "subway" reserved for passages that go under roads.

Koalas aren't bears, and we shouldn't call them bears. I propose "Koala Monster", like the Gila Monster, or Cookie Monster.

And finally, I'd rename anything named after Andrew Jackson, the most genocidal US president. And if they let me keep going, anything named after William Henry Harrison, our second most genocidal president.

[–] iii@mander.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

"Computer Science" is a terrible name for the field.

In dutch physics used to be called "Nature Science" (natuurwetenschappen). I always preferred that over "physics" :)

[–] cloudless@piefed.social 2 points 3 days ago

Voyager -> Wefwef

Strawberries -> Pseudoberries

Cybertruck -> Swastidumpster

[–] iii@mander.xyz 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 days ago

Frankenreich