• Wrufieotnak@feddit.org
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    5 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?

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      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?

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        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.