• cmhe@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    In german there is only one word for it, which is a gift for german speakers.

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      2 months ago

      The fact that we’re having this discussion at all kind of proves that either English is losing the distinction, or it was never as clear a distinction as people sometimes make it out to be. Either way I’m fine with it because it doesn’t seem like a very useful distinction to make in everyday language, and you can sidestep it entirely by using a word like toxic instead.