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by hoppyhoppy2 1865 days ago
Are "soy milk" and "almond milk" and "oat milk" off-limits, too? Since none of them are actually female mammal secretions, what should we call them instead ?
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We should also cancel coconut milk even though it's been an expression for hundreds of years. It's only right.
I guess milk of magnesia has to go with it too then.
We might also need to rename the Milky Way galaxy. (Or is it acceptable because it's only milk-Y?)
Soy, almond, and oat, artificially thickened beverage.
They should be as should butter too. Terms like fat, oil or margarine could be used as well with those.
You're saying we should rename the popular nut spread (the one that pairs well with jelly) to something like "peanut margarine"?
Yes. Or "peanut spread", "peanut smooth", "peanut stuff". There are dozens of more honest options.
By this standard words can have only a single meaning. If they have more than one meaning it’s dishonest.