I asked: Can you give an english example that you’ve personally heard where “cancer” just meant “a thing that mildly bothers me”? Like do your friends call whe

I asked: Can you give an english example that you’ve personally heard where “cancer” just meant “a thing that mildly bothers me”? Like do your friends call when their shoestrings tied too tight “a cancer on society”? Which was two yes or no questions. Based on your response it’s a no to both. Thanks for the response! Gotta love theoretical arguments about people that may not exist and didn’t post in this thread. What a good use of our time! edit: To make myself clear > I'm not entirely sure if I follow where we still disagree then? I disagree fundamentally that this is a fun moment to discuss linguistics. I was trying to figure out how exactly you felt you were contributing, especially now that you’ve walked back the importance of your fun facts about Dutch and the culture in Taiwan. Is it always, by definition, a sort of funsy analogy when people say “a cancer on society”? People always both clearly feel strongly, but also clearly NEVER mean to point out what they feel is an existential threat?