• brisk@aussie.zone
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    7 days ago

    “Mongrel” is the word, but I’ve barely heard it used.

    Pretty confident “domestic shorthair” is the “John Doe” of cat breeds.

    • NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      I’ve been calling that handsome little feral gremlin, asshole, jerk-ass, mooch best buddy of mine a mongrel for 22 years now, I had no idea I was just being accurate.

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        7 days ago

        It’s a slur when used in regards to people specificallybecause it’s referring to people using language normally meant for animals

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          5 days ago

          Yeah, that’s fair, but what I mean is that at some point the slur just takes over. When you hear the B word you no longer think about a female dog. Westerners usually don’t think Buddhism when we see swastikas either.