From 90d708f75539ec8110135db7cf92c171ccf4ffdc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Abul Kalam Azad Shaik Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 14:33:49 +0900 Subject: [PATCH 1/8] Adds definition for barbarian incl impact, usage and sources --- 11ty/definitions/barbarian.md | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+) create mode 100644 11ty/definitions/barbarian.md diff --git a/11ty/definitions/barbarian.md b/11ty/definitions/barbarian.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..6eaa429f --- /dev/null +++ b/11ty/definitions/barbarian.md @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +--- +title: Barbarian +slug: barbarian +flag: + text: 'Colonial/Racist slur' + level: 'Avoid' +defined: true +speech: noun +alt_words: + - cruel + - vicious + - obscene + - feral +--- +someone who is "savagely 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"/"foriegn" 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 minoritized 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. + +####Sources + +External link: [is the word barbarian a slur?](https://seetobehumanityearth.wordpress.com/2015/07/16/is-the-term-barbarian-a-slur/)
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+External link: [Barbarian Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbarian) +``` From 7f3ed8fd1b0debed3457535116d59d5e3b90d4f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Abul Kalam Azad Shaik Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 14:40:52 +0900 Subject: [PATCH 2/8] Fix italic --- 11ty/definitions/barbarian.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/11ty/definitions/barbarian.md b/11ty/definitions/barbarian.md index 6eaa429f..3e01a20f 100644 --- a/11ty/definitions/barbarian.md +++ b/11ty/definitions/barbarian.md @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ someone who is "savagely 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. +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"/"foriegn" 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; From 6ea254ce329a266ddc1ec64aea043a878b576691 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Abul Kalam Azad Shaik Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 14:42:15 +0900 Subject: [PATCH 3/8] Fix heading and remove extra
--- 11ty/definitions/barbarian.md | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/11ty/definitions/barbarian.md b/11ty/definitions/barbarian.md index 3e01a20f..98b5eeea 100644 --- a/11ty/definitions/barbarian.md +++ b/11ty/definitions/barbarian.md @@ -26,13 +26,14 @@ cultures that need to be colonized to rescue them from themselves. A perfect lin #### 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 minoritized 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. ####Sources -External link: [is the word barbarian a slur?](https://seetobehumanityearth.wordpress.com/2015/07/16/is-the-term-barbarian-a-slur/)
+External link: [is the word barbarian a slur?](https://seetobehumanityearth.wordpress.com/2015/07/16/is-the-term-barbarian-a-slur/)
External link: [Barbarian Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbarian) ``` From d5d6d5aa2b8c075ff963acc9b8e5e215337f29dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Abul Kalam Azad Shaik Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 14:47:44 +0900 Subject: [PATCH 4/8] Remove html tags from document --- 11ty/definitions/barbarian.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/11ty/definitions/barbarian.md b/11ty/definitions/barbarian.md index 98b5eeea..c73350f7 100644 --- a/11ty/definitions/barbarian.md +++ b/11ty/definitions/barbarian.md @@ -34,6 +34,6 @@ Avoid words that have obscene etymologies. There is almost always a better alter ####Sources External link: [is the word barbarian a slur?](https://seetobehumanityearth.wordpress.com/2015/07/16/is-the-term-barbarian-a-slur/) -
+ External link: [Barbarian Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbarian) ``` From 7ca1009f9714a4a0d70aaa27b517bf703a03e71c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Abul Kalam Azad Shaik Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 19:40:21 +0900 Subject: [PATCH 5/8] Write level as a lowercase word and move sources to front matter --- 11ty/definitions/barbarian.md | 18 ++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/11ty/definitions/barbarian.md b/11ty/definitions/barbarian.md index c73350f7..d5abf182 100644 --- a/11ty/definitions/barbarian.md +++ b/11ty/definitions/barbarian.md @@ -2,10 +2,15 @@ title: Barbarian slug: barbarian flag: - text: 'Colonial/Racist slur' - level: 'Avoid' + text: 'Neo-Colonial/Racist slur' + level: 'avoid' defined: true speech: noun +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 @@ -29,11 +34,4 @@ When you use words, that are in vogue primarily inside circles of bigots, with r #### Usage Tip -Avoid words that have obscene etymologies. There is almost always a better alternative: an inclusive and a less hurtful one. - -####Sources - -External link: [is the word barbarian a slur?](https://seetobehumanityearth.wordpress.com/2015/07/16/is-the-term-barbarian-a-slur/) - -External link: [Barbarian Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbarian) -``` +Avoid words that have obscene etymologies. There is almost always a better alternative: an inclusive and a less hurtful one. \ No newline at end of file From 84a95c9a8c80a3577ca7d7478415182225f5c1bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Abul Kalam Azad Shaik Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 18:38:00 +0900 Subject: [PATCH 6/8] Make editorial changes to the content --- 11ty/definitions/barbarian.md | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/11ty/definitions/barbarian.md b/11ty/definitions/barbarian.md index d5abf182..6f193652 100644 --- a/11ty/definitions/barbarian.md +++ b/11ty/definitions/barbarian.md @@ -17,20 +17,20 @@ alt_words: - obscene - feral --- -someone who is "savagely cruel"; primitive ; unsophisticated +someone who 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"/"foriegn" person/culture. +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 minoritized communities that their history of wounds and abuses are inconsequential to our words. +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 From 5411c0262c2d5997140ad2496542a47085bce1ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Abul Kalam Azad Shaik Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 18:46:04 +0900 Subject: [PATCH 7/8] More editorial tweaks --- 11ty/definitions/barbarian.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/11ty/definitions/barbarian.md b/11ty/definitions/barbarian.md index 6f193652..08836e2e 100644 --- a/11ty/definitions/barbarian.md +++ b/11ty/definitions/barbarian.md @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ someone who 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. +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; From 94e3802c9cf12e9b9f3258cbe510aa5927c88d3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Abul Kalam Azad Shaik Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 11:39:34 +0900 Subject: [PATCH 8/8] Rename Barbarian to Barbaric --- 11ty/definitions/{barbarian.md => barbaric.md} | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) rename 11ty/definitions/{barbarian.md => barbaric.md} (92%) diff --git a/11ty/definitions/barbarian.md b/11ty/definitions/barbaric.md similarity index 92% rename from 11ty/definitions/barbarian.md rename to 11ty/definitions/barbaric.md index 08836e2e..a84f2e1a 100644 --- a/11ty/definitions/barbarian.md +++ b/11ty/definitions/barbaric.md @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ --- -title: Barbarian -slug: barbarian +title: Barbaric +slug: barbaric flag: text: 'Neo-Colonial/Racist slur' level: 'avoid' defined: true -speech: noun +speech: adjective reading: - text: "is the word barbarian a slur?" href: https://seetobehumanityearth.wordpress.com/2015/07/16/is-the-term-barbarian-a-slur/ @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ alt_words: - obscene - feral --- -someone who is obscenely cruel;primitive;unsophisticated +something which is obscenely cruel;primitive;unsophisticated #### Issues