• @brisk@aussie.zone
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    1819 days ago

    “Mongrel” is the word, but I’ve barely heard it used.

    Pretty confident “domestic shorthair” is the “John Doe” of cat breeds.

    • @Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org
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      219 days ago

      “Mongrel” is the word, but I’ve barely heard it used.

      Because that term can’t really be applied to cats. They’re either a particular breed or they’re not. There’s no cat equivalent of a labradoodle. Over here we have “European shorthair” as the most prevalent breed and “European house cat” as a fallback for anything that isn’t a breed.

      • @Revan343@lemmy.ca
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        119 days ago

        It’s a slur when used in regards to people specificallybecause it’s referring to people using language normally meant for animals

        • @bus_factor@lemmy.world
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          117 days ago

          Yeah, that’s fair, but what I mean is that at some point the slur just takes over. When you hear the B word you no longer think about a female dog. Westerners usually don’t think Buddhism when we see swastikas either.

    • I’ve been calling that handsome little feral gremlin, asshole, jerk-ass, mooch best buddy of mine a mongrel for 22 years now, I had no idea I was just being accurate.