4 ms·
Good... the word "social" was always a bit strange as it has nothing to do with the colloquial usage of the word "social".
by jsight 7y ago
Good... the word "social" was always a bit strange as it has nothing to do with the colloquial usage of the word "social".
- chrismeller 7y agoThere are also many cultures that are renowned for being “socially distant”, even if they’re very small, very compact, and very public transit-reliant. This seems like globalizing a term that was originally very western- (and particularly English-speaking-) centric.
- daveFNbuck 7y agoIs the term "social distancing" being used in other languages? I assumed they'd have appropriate translations.
- dredmorbius 7y agoA quite similar term, "social distance", also existed for a long time (dating to the 1920s), referring to social-status-distance rather than physical-separation-or-hygiene-in-public-and-social-contects. The epidemiological term seems to date to 2006 and a US Government planning document. I've found the term vague, confusing, and inconsistent with established usage. https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=social%20distance%2C%20social%20distancing&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&direct_url=t1%3B%2Csocial%20distance%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Csocial%20distancing%3B%2Cc0 https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=social%20dista...