r/boringdystopia • u/isawasin • 1d ago

Social Inequality 📉 Finally, a voice of reason!

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u/Berry_Jam 1d ago

UnAliving - word of the year right there!

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u/Tyrant-Star 1d ago

I hate how ad revenue or lack thereof is dictating the evolution of language. I hear people say unalive in everyday life now and it makes me cringe everytime.

Thats the real r/boringdystopia

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u/Chase_the_tank 1d ago

As far as word researchers can tell, the animal "bear" is called that in English because of an ancient taboo on, arkto, the previous name of the animal.