Failing to think of an existing word that is both sexist and reductive in the same particular way as "mansplaining" I unexpectedly coined one that could be used thusly, or could be used more openly. It may well explode all over reactionary blogosphere, comments sections, academia, etc. The Right Wing could adopt it, pejoratively, as umbrella for what they might call the Vocabulary of Victimhood (Victimhood Vocabulary; VV; V²) And/or THE LEFT could hail it as a liberating example of an Expression of Erudite Empowerment, or simply an Expression of Empowerment (Empowerment Expression!; EE! &/or EEE; E² &/or E³). Anyway, today's new word (which I thought up yesterday) is…
"Shefining" - a portmanteau of the words "she" & "defining"– the practice by which an oppressed, offended, or otherwise slighted group (or individual{s} acting or purporting to act on behalf of such group) devises new word or term or assigns new meaning to existing word or term in the service of describing their plight and/or the mechanism{s} of their oppression.
(In present tense verb form, this has added bonus of being creepily &/or ironically homophonic with "she fine!")
On occasion any new words/terms, or new meanings of existing words/terms are agreed upon and accepted by majority of general populace, the words/terms in question have undergone:
"Wefining" ( - a portmanteau of the words "we" & "defining" - )
"Shefining" - a portmanteau of the words "she" & "defining"– the practice by which an oppressed, offended, or otherwise slighted group (or individual{s} acting or purporting to act on behalf of such group) devises new word or term or assigns new meaning to existing word or term in the service of describing their plight and/or the mechanism{s} of their oppression.
(In present tense verb form, this has added bonus of being creepily &/or ironically homophonic with "she fine!")
On occasion any new words/terms, or new meanings of existing words/terms are agreed upon and accepted by majority of general populace, the words/terms in question have undergone:
"Wefining" ( - a portmanteau of the words "we" & "defining" - )
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