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cluckindanyesterday at 12:45 PM2 repliesview on HN

insult (verb): to say or do something to someone that is rude or offensive

Corporate personhood at its finest.


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TOMDMyesterday at 10:20 PM

Why just make up a definition?

From the oxford dictionary:

Noun: speak to or treat with disrespect or scornful abuse.

Verb: a disrespectful or scornfully abusive remark or act.

Note the lack of personhood in those definitions. I can insult an object, event, person, corporation or even an idea.

wraptileyesterday at 1:46 PM

People do work at Microsoft though and they're probably aren't very happy when their work is called slop. You could even say they are feeling insulted or offended.

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