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So because you couldn't find a single word to convey your meaning, you chose to shoehorn a semi-related word into the sentence in the hope that every reader wou

• lisper 4y ago
  You say "the more accurate multi-word construct" as if it were obvious that there is a single "accurate multi-word construct" that is already part of the English corpus that I could have employed here. If there is, I'm not aware of it, so I would have had to invent one. That would have taken considerable effort. Inventing new language constructs is not so easy, especially for subtle and emotionally fraught concepts like this. And yes, I thought people would figure out what I meant because I provided three references, which were the actual substance of my comment. I thought people might read at least some of those and figure out what I meant. Also, since you've decided to go all language-nazi on my ass, I looked up the dictionary definition of "anthropomorphize". There are two of them: 1. to attribute human form or personality to 2. to attribute human form or personality to things not human So it is absolutely possible to anthropomorphize a human baby, and all the people who have criticized me for using that word can go eff themselves. Democracy and human civilization are crumbling and the best thing you can find to do with your time is criticize my choice of vocabulary, and get it wrong to boot? Bah to that. Life is too short.