‘Kidults’ are the biggest driver of sales growth for the toy industry
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None of this is new[1], it's just the same type of story from when the Razor came out with a less gendered portmanteau to double the reach of the ad masquerading as news.
[1] ˈman-ˌchī(-ə)ld a man who has the qualities of a child : a childlike man https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/man-child
No, “kidult” is gender-neutral, while “manchild” is gendered.
>No, “kidult” is gender-neutral, while “manchild” is gendered.
Dear "dragonwriter" (if that is your real name):
My comment goes on to state "with a less gendered portmanteau to double the reach of the ad masquerading as news."
Please don't listen to the first half of a sentence then reply as if the rest never happened... this is hacker news, not a K Street board room.
That was a common microagression I encountered before I left civil society -- ignore a large chunk of what someone said, rephrase the idea as your own, then have others boost you. It's an insufferable tool of third tier JDs, and has no place in hacker communities.
Thanks for reading my post on the internet, and sorry if I wasn't... specific... enough.
- Greg.
It's a different story online, but toy shopping is a sensory experience. :)