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Gender Neutral Australian terms:
Fireman = Firey
Postman = Postie
Fisherman = Fisho
Policeman = Copper
Spokesman = Bullshitter
Garbageman = Garbo
Why not “gender neutrule”?
Is that too obvious? Is that a rule?
seriously it was right there
Make the term ‘man’ gender neutral and make ‘maleman’ the new word for male humans. Then we can have ‘mailmaleman’.
but could female humans be called femaleman?
That’s more or less what it historically was
>garbageman
i prefer the term ‘sanitary engineer’
What about garbage gatherer, trash trucker, rubbish ranger, waste wizard, or other alliterations? (I really like alliterations)
I prefer poot bioarchitect
Policemen aren’t bootlickers! They wear the boot! Better call them class traitors.
i call them domestic terrorists
I don’t call them at all.
They’re just lost call them a cab.
This is clever as fuck and I’m stealing it
I’ve been waiting 5 years for a good opportunity to use it. Feeling smug af 🤣
5 years well spent!
Like, as in “Hello Taxi, my wallet’s been stolen”?
Oh god no, do not talk to cops.
autobootlick
One of my favorite Simpsons jokes is when bart refers to the “Fe-mailman” and lisa corrects him with “fe-mail carrier”.
Surely it’s fish fighter? Fisher fighter should be someone who fights people who are fishing.
The correct term is fishmonger. Like a war monger of fish, playing both sides of the battle for profit.
I thought a fishmonger just sells fish?
I never thought of it from that angler
Doesn’t a fishmonger sell fish?
Go with fishmangler
should be someone who fights people who are fishing.
So my mom before her and my dad divorced?
No, no, a fish fighter would be just a fisher. A fisherman is a fisher fighter according to pure logic. What you are talking about is a fishman, not a fisherman.
That would be the life
See also, Garbage fighter: The brothers (Jake and Logan) Paul
Wofighter
Tungstfighter in some countries
Ottofighter
Afighterda
Harvey birdfighter, lawfighter at law
Garbageman is also narrow/outdated imo. Municipal worker is more accurate (but can we still have municipalfighter?)
Municipal worker just means you work for a municipality (i.e. a city/town that has its own local government). Waste management, city hall workers, people that maintain local parks etc could all be municipal workers.
You could call them wastefighters?
Bloom County was so great.
Mailman should be fighterfighter
