• cashews_win@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    edit-2
    1 year ago

    No. I’m 40yrs old and I don’t keep up with the modern-day lingo. 😂

    Also I’m British so I speak British English. “Fags” are cigarettes and “faggots” are a type of food.

    • smartwater0897@lemmy.ml
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      Kind of hard for moderators to know that maybe.

      I would just not use those words to not be misunderstood. :)

      • touchegooodsir@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        edit-2
        1 year ago

        This where context and being aware that other cultures can be different linguistically comes in. How much do you think people in french speaking African countries care about a certain word that describes a color over there :|