hot take:
if "dead-name" ends up being recognized by merriam-webster or any other non-etymological history equivalent (i.e., excluding the OED) before the word "compersion" does, i will probably die a happier woman
@patience I'm disappointed to learn that it isn't :(
@lambdagrrl too soon. 'dead name' is only five years and four months old. 'compersion' dates to the late ’90s, but most english dictionaries of record have yet to recognize it for some, i'm surmising, etymologically problematic reasons
@patience yeah but everyone I know uses "deadname" and hardly any of them use "compersion", at least not with a straight face
@lambdagrrl i have legit trust issues with folks who use the word 'compersion' without irony
@patience fair enough tbh
@lambdagrrl i've past experience with folks who've used 'compersion' in the context of a praxis of emotional manipulation, and it has almost always left me with a bad taste in my mouth, so to speak
@patience ...yeah.