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Originally Posted by Marathon Man
Language evolves. Old terms and phrases go away in favor of something else. No one says "twenty three skidoo" or "outa sight" anymore. No big deal.
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It is completely different and you know it. No one says twenty three skidoo anymore because it is a fad that has passed. The intentional manipulation of language in our current society is not a natural progression away from fads but an aggressive attempt to destroy traditions that are not harmful. If someone wants to discourage a person from being called a "Master" that is understandable, but no one is harmed by referring to a bedroom as a "Master bedroom". If you argue that there is harm then you reveal that your comparison to twenty three skidoo was an attempt at feigned ignorance. No one will ever be Woke Enough- each time the bar is raised it will be raised again and again. The science fiction writers got one thing right- eventually we will all be compressed in an identical mold, wearing a single accepted garment, and afraid to speak except in a limited number of approved expressions.