Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 天前Kim Kardashian’s Skims lingerie range now includes thong with built-in pubic wigedition.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down119
arrow-up138arrow-down1external-linkKim Kardashian’s Skims lingerie range now includes thong with built-in pubic wigedition.cnn.comViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 天前message-square17fedilink
minus-squareWrufieotnak@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down2·edit-25 天前Maybe because they thought their readers wouldn’t know what a merkin is but can probably imagine what a pubic wig is? And it is not an invented term when it is literally the description of what something is. ~50 % of USAmericans read at middle school level and you think CNN doesn’t use the word merkin because they want to hype a Kardashian?
minus-squareDuamerthrax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 小时前I like to think I’m fairly well educated, but there’s so much to know and only so much time. Why the fuck should I be expected to know what a Merkin is?
minus-squareWrufieotnak@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 小时前Exactly what I mean. Merkin isn’t exactly a concept that laypeople will know, so using a more descriptive term is better for a wider audience.
minus-squarepulsewidth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·4 天前Why the hell would they need to imagine what it is when the article has pictures?
Maybe because they thought their readers wouldn’t know what a merkin is but can probably imagine what a pubic wig is?
And it is not an invented term when it is literally the description of what something is.
~50 % of USAmericans read at middle school level and you think CNN doesn’t use the word merkin because they want to hype a Kardashian?
I like to think I’m fairly well educated, but there’s so much to know and only so much time. Why the fuck should I be expected to know what a Merkin is?
Exactly what I mean. Merkin isn’t exactly a concept that laypeople will know, so using a more descriptive term is better for a wider audience.
Why the hell would they need to imagine what it is when the article has pictures?