"Unaliving"

[sandyRoe]

Talking about the tragic consequences of a young man's decision to join a gang, the speaker used the words, 'after his

unaliving '.

Isn't it curious how language can change and develop?

[jackthehat]

4 syllables to describe an event where 1 usually suffices.

Much ridiculousness...

[sandyRoe]

Indubitably.

[Peter Pedant]

is that what they are doing to the people of  Gaza ?

like liberation but even better ?

[sandyRoe]

Euphemisms like, 'unaliving', or, 'collateral damage', don't make the victims of violence any less dead.

That, collateral damage is an ugly American phrase.  You'd think Israeli scholars could come up with something else to describe the 50,000+ fatalities they've inflicted on the Palestinians in Gaza.

[chelle7272]

'Unaliving' comes from social media, used to avoid algorithms that flag up words like suicide.

[sandyRoe]

chelle7272

Thanks.  I live and learn.

[youngmafbog]

Ah, couldnt resists the terrorist supporting diatribe could we?

[ynnafymmi]

@12.14.Perhaps they could call the 50,000 dead as "Indirect victims of the Hamas death squad of 7th October 2023".Sounds much better.

[sandyRoe]

Reading some of the comments here, this came to mind:  It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and confirm it.

[Peter Pedant]

'Unaliving' comes from social media, 

damn I thought it was a straightforward taboo against the words  dead and death

[Peter Pedant]

Euphemisms like, 'unaliving', or, 'collateral damage', don't make the victims of violence any less dead.

yeah I had noticed that

collateral - viet war I think