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Person in the middle. If you want to replace man with a generic form, use person. Monster is childish, and lazy.
by shaky-carrousel 4y ago
Person in the middle. If you want to replace man with a generic form, use person. Monster is childish, and lazy.
- macguillicuddy 4y agoPerson is lazier - it doesn't even maintain the acronym. Perhaps if you'd suggested Malefactor in the Middle it would have been a more convincing argument? In general I don't consider 'monster' to be childish - it's often used to refer to sexual preditors, for example. What we're seeing in this line of discussion is that language is mutable and subjective - and for that reason the author's use of words is a justified as any other.
- Handytinge 4y agoI've got a simple way for you to maintain the acronym...