Here’s an example from me
If you want to de-normalize a nation’s state/government, call them
spoiler
a regime
Other examples include: hospital --> loony bin
Edit: the more I think about it, the more I realize dysphemism are insults?
Here’s an example from me
If you want to de-normalize a nation’s state/government, call them
a regime
Other examples include: hospital --> loony bin
Edit: the more I think about it, the more I realize dysphemism are insults?
Back when I was in high school, I remember people calling introverts and goths “freaks” (i.e. people who are outside the “norm”.)
classic normie behavior
I tell my friends that Asperger’s is a super power and that the word, “normies” is an insult.
i.e. “boring” 💪
Exactly.