Is this a tragedy? “Algospeak” has made the jump from cyberspace to real life. Some bemoan its clumsy euphemisms — but others say this is just how language renews itself.
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Emily Dickinson - An American poet born in 1830.
Euphemism - A euphemism is a word or phrase that is used when people want to avoid talking about something that they find too awful or shocking to name clearly or discuss openly.
Algorithm - Any set of rules followed by a computer. In the context of social media, “the algorithm” refers to the intelligent AI that learns the interests of the user and presents them with posts that it thinks will interest them.
Purists - Someone who insists on sticking to tradition.
Proto-Indo-European - The common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. It existed approximately from 4500 to 2500BCE.
Slavic - Relating to the Slavic peoples, an ethnic group living in Europe and Asia and their languages.