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Castrated, if you're trying way too hard (and not well) to avoid getting called on that overly emotive metaphor: a capon is a gelded rooster.
by throwanem 2y ago
Castrated, if you're trying way too hard (and not well) to avoid getting called on that overly emotive metaphor: a capon is a gelded rooster.
- ilove_banh_mi 2y agoThere is a key distinction and context: caponation has a productive purpose from the pov of farmers and their desired profits.
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- throwanem 2y agoI gather the term of art is "caponization," but that's a cavil. For something that is not born with testes or indeed at all, to describe it with this metaphor is very silly and does nothing to elucidate whatever it is you're actually getting at.
- bigfudge 2y agoIt also has the unfortunate resonance of being the word for a collaborator in concentration camps.