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408jay t1_iu7ab6q wrote

Reply to comment by Lettuce_stan_SS in To my Romance readers: Is explicit s.a. to be expected at this point or am I just incredibly unlucky? by enJ0eable

Thanks. Seems an odd thing to abbreviate. Is this some variant of algorithm avoiding shorthand?

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Lettuce_stan_SS t1_iu7lgle wrote

It's actually a pretty common abbreviation these days, usually used by the media in order to both shorten the term and sensor it as it can be triggering for some people to even see or hear the full word.

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PiCoolerThanPie t1_iu81q82 wrote

In addition to Lettuce’s points, I see it a lot in research papers on the topic bc it’s a convenient shorthand that can easily have more letters added to it (CSA)… researchers like their acronyms.

I personally like it for myself, bc as Lettuce said, it can be less triggering to hear… talking about it the full words makes it too real, and I’m not ready for that yet.

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