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Once upon a time, long long ago, infections like genital herpes, syphilis, and gonorrhoea were called "venereal diseases."
Then a more scientific term was developed - sexually transmitted. So they were called Sexually Transmitted Diseases - STDs.
Then along came political correctness.
Diseases were terrible things - nobody wanted to be called "DISEASED."
So they called them infections. Now STDs are known as STIs - Sexually Transmitted Infections.
But surely INFECTION is a bad thing too? "I have an INFECTION." "I AM INFECTED." It sounds like you have an STD. That's not good.
Why not simply refer to the acquired organisms as "flora." After all, they are flora - not "normal flora", but rather acquired flora. We won't call them "unnatural flora" because that might mean something bad.
And SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED is harsh. It implies sordid activities.
Why not just call it love? And the flora is not TRANSMITTED - it sounds like you spread it to other people, causing them harm. Just call them what they are - acquired flora.
Love-acquired flora. LAF. Plural LAFs.
Why not call them LAFs? Or will they be LAF'd at for carrying their political correctness to the logical end?
Then a more scientific term was developed - sexually transmitted. So they were called Sexually Transmitted Diseases - STDs.
Then along came political correctness.
Diseases were terrible things - nobody wanted to be called "DISEASED."
So they called them infections. Now STDs are known as STIs - Sexually Transmitted Infections.
But surely INFECTION is a bad thing too? "I have an INFECTION." "I AM INFECTED." It sounds like you have an STD. That's not good.
Why not simply refer to the acquired organisms as "flora." After all, they are flora - not "normal flora", but rather acquired flora. We won't call them "unnatural flora" because that might mean something bad.
And SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED is harsh. It implies sordid activities.
Why not just call it love? And the flora is not TRANSMITTED - it sounds like you spread it to other people, causing them harm. Just call them what they are - acquired flora.
Love-acquired flora. LAF. Plural LAFs.
Why not call them LAFs? Or will they be LAF'd at for carrying their political correctness to the logical end?