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Tubelord | 3 years ago

I'm casually browsing but closed it when I saw latinx (not a real word).

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What makes a word a "real" word? All words were made up at some point or another. Latinx is in the OED which, if there is a way to decide whether a word is real, seems to be a strong signal.

Tubelord|3 years ago

Despite it being around long enough, virtually no Spanish native speakers have adopted it. In fact, they've flat out rejected it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latinx#Reception

xmprt|3 years ago

I'm actually for D&I but latinx seems like textbook virtue signalling especially when most Latin-American people don't even like it. I believe they prefer just latino.

rfrey|3 years ago

It might be a real word, but it's still linguistic and cultural colonialism.