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> As in, to describe actual human slavery? Sorry, but I do not understand the question. Do you mean as to distinguish slavery relationship in logical systems (
by mkotowski 5y ago
> As in, to describe actual human slavery?
Sorry, but I do not understand the question. Do you mean as to distinguish slavery relationship in logical systems (as with databases) versus human relations? If so, that wasn’t my intention.
What I was talking about was more about a euphemism replacing an actual word, as with taboo avoidance:
> This terminology for the animal originated as a taboo avoidance term: proto-Germanic tribes replaced their original word for bear — arkto — with this euphemistic expression out of fear that speaking the animal's true name might cause it to appear. According to author Ralph Keyes, this is the oldest known euphemism. [0]
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear#Etymology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear#Etymology
- llimos 5y agoThat's very different. There, the thing being referred to is the thing they didn't want to refer to. Here, there is nothing whatsoever wrong with the _thing_ being referred to (a password, in this case.) The issue is that the commonly used word _also_ has some other associations. So picking a different word means you lose those associations. Not the same thing at all.