#So if there's presumably an in-universe slang term for semen then 'jizz' is open season ??????????????? maybe?? | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

prolibytherium · 5 months ago

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Regularly encountering issues writing a total fantasy setting where I want to use a word that has VERY specific real-world historical connotations, but is also used colloquially and has no alternative that will hit the exact same way.

Like I could use like "let it be so" or something to finish a prayer or vow instead of "amen", but "amen" is so much funnier to use in wildly inappropriate contexts

#Double hitter where I am having to ask myself both 'can I use the word 'amen'?' and 'can I use the word 'jizz'?'#I think the latter I can get away with because the writing style is like 'the characters are using their in-universe languages and #translated into contemporary english with the same meaning'. So most nonspecific in-universe slang could just use english slang terms.#So if there's presumably an in-universe slang term for semen then 'jizz' is open season ??????????????? maybe??#See also: 'jesus fucking christ' which has no alternatives whatsoever that even begin to compare

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