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Is slur really a good name for this type of thing? I generally want my information to be clearly spoken, not slurred speech.

• conchy 12y ago
  There are a few different definitions for that word, so I presume they're going for the "to harm someone's reputation by criticizing them" definition, rather than "to pronounce the sounds of a word in a way that is wrong or not clear"
  • lotsofmangos 12y ago
    That was also my impression. One of my first thoughts was "They may as well have just called it Libel". Personally, I think it is a pretty stupid name given either interpretation. Slur does not denote reliability of information.
    • ademarre 12y ago
      Agreed. Whichever meaning it invokes, it's not a good name.