A modern dictionary about us. We define our words, but they don't define us. #SelfDefined 📚 Built by @tatianatmac
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Self-Defined is an OSS dictionary maintained by @TatianaTMac and generous contributors!
Ways to help:
🤲🏽 Contribute (writing terms/docs, translating, designing, PMing, or coding)
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Stories like this keep us going. Thank you for sharing (twice!), @xantha !
was able to share @SelfDefinedApp with someone at work. He used an idiom and then immediately wondered aloud if it was problematic (no). He was thankful and thought it was such a great resource. 👍🏻
Language-specific features we'd love help with:
1. Add a language toggle
2. Review Spanish translations
3. Review French translations
Links to specific project pull requests in 🧵
Review and provide feedback for Spanish translations:
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Review and provide feedback for French translations:
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I just found @SelfDefinedApp & it's so helpful!
Language is constantly evolving & it can sometimes be hard to keep up. Or sometimes our gut tells us a common phrase might be problematic but we're not exactly sure why.
This is a great resource! selfdefined.app/
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Anyone want to cowrite/edit the entry for 'spooky' with me since Halloween approaches?
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➕ SpongeBob case
text styling that randomly alternates lowercase and uppercase letters to indicate sarcasm or to take a deragatory tone; also known as Mocking SpongeBob, SpongeMock, or alternating caps—its use can support ableist ideas.
Read more:
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As someone with whose parents come from a country often called "third world", this one is very dear to my heart:
We often say "first world problems!" to show we recognise something we're complaining about is pretty silly in the grand scheme of the world's problems
But do you know the origins of "first world"?
(tl;dr: "Privileged problems" often works just as well.)
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We often say "first world problems!" to show we recognise something we're complaining about is pretty silly in the grand scheme of the world's problems
But do you know the origins of "first world"?
(tl;dr: "Privileged problems" often works just as well.)
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Does your documentation use blacklist/whitelist?
We have suggestions on terms that are both more specific and don't codify anti-Blackness:
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➕ split-attraction model (SAM)
a way of describing attraction as two separate things: romantic attraction and sexual attraction.
Read more:
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➕ Mx.
gender-neutral honorific or title of courtesy, equivalent to Ma'am, Madam, Miss, Mr, Mrs, Mrs, Sir.
Gendered titles can often misgender people. Mx. can be a great option to include, but as with pronouns, confirm/get consent to use.
Read more:
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Part of our principles is to continue to revise definitions as we learn more information. We're appreciative to the community for adding more nuance and clarity to our definitions.
We've updated our definition of ADHD:
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➕ underrepresented minorities
group(s) whose representation is disproportionately less than their proportion in the general population; racial or ethnic minority is implied, but can be used for any group (disabled, queer, etc.)
🚨 avoid, read more:
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➕ antisemitism
aggression towards, discrimination, or prejudice against Jewish people.
Read more about its nuance, origin, intersections, impact, and the reason we omitted the hyphen in the full definition:
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“It’s quite insensitive. I want people, especially in the West, to realize that sherpa is not a profession. It is an ethnic group with a rich cultural heritage,” says Dawa Futi Sherpa
(We opened up an issue if someone can define: github.com/selfdefined/web-a…)
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It seems like a good day to review some vocabulary.
Let’s start with gaslighting:
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