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		jkingsbery on Dec 20, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initi... But "person" has the word "son" in it, and that's gendered. Better go with huperchild.

akiselev on Dec 21, 2022 [–]

Huperchild has the words “per child” in it, which is exclusionary to people who choose not to worsen overpopulation by not procreating.

How about huperperson?

Uh wait, that’s recursi- political correctness overflow error.

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