Merge pull request #46 from codeAbul/add-def-barbarian

➕ Add definition for barbarian

11ty/definitions/barbaric.md

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+---
+title: Barbaric
+slug: barbaric
+flag:
+  text: 'Neo-Colonial/Racist slur'
+  level: 'avoid'
+defined: true
+speech: adjective
+reading:
+  - text: "is the word barbarian a slur?"
+    href: https://seetobehumanityearth.wordpress.com/2015/07/16/is-the-term-barbarian-a-slur/
+  - text: "Barbarian wiki"
+    href: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbarian
+alt_words:
+  - cruel
+  - vicious
+  - obscene
+  - feral
+---
+something which is obscenely cruel;primitive;unsophisticated
+
+
+#### Issues
+
+Barbarian originates from the Greek word *bárbaros* meaning "babbler", to denote the "unintelligle sounds" (_"bar bar bar"_ ) made by foreign speakers.
+Similar words exist in many other languages, for the identical purpose labeling a "strange"/"foreign" person/culture. 
+
+In modern day usage, you can notice this rhetoric being employed almost always for the purpose of demonizing "foreign" (more often than not from the global south) cultures - cultures that need to be civilized;
+cultures that need to be colonized to rescue them from themselves. A perfect lingual weapon for warmongers and racists alike. Equally repulsive sibling of "savage". 
+
+#### Impact
+
+When you use words, that are in vogue primarily inside circles of bigots, with racist etymologies, it's a wilful act of violence, ignorance and an indication to the vilified and minoritised communities that their history of wounds and abuses are inconsequential to our words. 
+
+#### Usage Tip
+
+Avoid words that have obscene etymologies. There is almost always a better alternative: an inclusive and a less hurtful one.