Comment by physicsguy

Comment by physicsguy 2 months ago

There's a whole trend at the moment called 'raw dogging' (sigh) that means to do something like take a flight with no entertainment, books, phone turned off, etc. etc.

martinbaun 2 months ago

Raw dogging can mean quite different things. Apparently :D

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bondarchuk 2 months ago

Ah yes, raw dogging.

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kranner 2 months ago

This kind of linguistic innovation is called a “dysphemism”, apparently. The Wikipedia entry for “dysphemism” was quite enlightening.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/17/style/rawdog-flights-term...

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- saberience 2 months ago
  
  Dysphemism isn't an innovation, it's been around a long time. It simply means the opposite of a euphemism. Where a euphemism is a nicer way of saying something, a dysphemism is a worse or derogatory way of saying something. E.g. Referring to your car as a "banger"
  
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  Izkata 2 months ago
  
  "Banger" is a good thing, I think it comes from "head banging" at concerts.
  
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  helboi4 2 months ago
  
  No its not. It means its banged up. Broken. In the case of cars. In the case of a "banger of a tune", you are probably right.
  
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  kranner 2 months ago
  
  I meant the novel use of “raw dogging”
  
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- grugagag 2 months ago
  
  To me it sounds like coded speech I need to put in some effort to understand. It’s a lot of effort to catch up with these, though I admit that sometimes they’re funny. But only sometimes, most times it feels forced and senseless.
  
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