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✏️ Add "social and career suicide" note to suicide definition (#173)

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* Add "social and career suicide" note to suicide definition

* Suggest rephrasing "social suicide" instead of offering a 1:1 alternative

* Update 11ty/definitions/suicide.md

Co-authored-by: Tatiana Mac <github@tatianamac.com>

Co-authored-by: Tatiana Mac <github@tatianamac.com>
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@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ Commonly referred to in conversation and journalism as "committed suicide", "too
Can also be used in combination with a related measure of "success" which promotes suicide as a desirable result.
Suicide is sometimes used colloquially to mean something will severely negatively impact you (e.g., "social suicide" and "career suicide"). Replace "career suicide" with "career-ending," which conveys the same intent. Replace "social suicide" with a complete rephrase where you avoid placing blame on the individual: "Doing this will negatively impact your social life."
## Impact
Unless used with sensitivity and care, discussion of suicide can reinforce negative stereotypes and stigma around mental illness. Sensationalist reporting of suicide also risks inadvertently promoting suicide.