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<title>Ranked Situational Fury: An index of non-ableist curses</title>
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<h1>Ranked statements of situational fury</h1>
<p class="subtitle">Words to describe bad things</p>
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<p>This is inspired by <a href="">B Cordelia Yu</a>'s desire for "<a href="https://twitter.com/thebestsophist/status/652133133458915328">a ranked diagram of non-ablest statements of situational fury.</a>"</p>
<p>If you have feedback, it is very welcome. Submit an issue on <a href="https://github.com/benlk/ranked-situational-fury/issues">this project's Github repository</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/benlkeith">tweet your feedback to Ben Keith</a>.</p>
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<h2>What is non-ableist?</h2>
<blockquote>
Ableism is systematic, institutional devaluing of bodies and minds deemed deviant, abnormal, defective, subhuman, less than.
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<a href="http://www.autistichoya.com/p/ableist-words-and-terms-to-avoid.html"><cite>Ableism/Language</cite>, by Lydia Brown.</a>
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<p><a href="http://www.autistichoya.com/p/ableist-words-and-terms-to-avoid.html">Lydia Brown's post about ableist language</a> goes into depth about things to avoid, but the overarching theme is to use words that describe the situation's actions or the the beholder's reaction to the situation, instead of using anthropomorphic terms to describe the situation.</p>
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<h2 id="fury">What is situational fury?</h2>
<blockquote>anger at the circumstances and context of a thing or idea, expressed through rage, anger, outrage, wrath, temper, or spleen, and accompanied by fierceness, ferocity, turbulence, tempestuousness.</blockquote>
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This is an amalgam
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<a href="https://github.com/benlk/ranked-situational-fury/issues/3">How this definition was obtained</a>.
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of the definitions for "fury" and "situational".
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<h2 id="list">Furious words</h2>
<p> Use these words to describe how you feel about a situation.</p>
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In roughly
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Approximate sort order:<br/>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schadenfreude">Schadenfreude</a>,<br/>
mildly concerning,<br/>
genuinely concerning,<br/>
physically harmful,<br/>
<a href="http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/cthulhu">Cthulhu</a> awakens from the depths.
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increasing order of rage:
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<li>ludicrous: laughable in a pleasant way, funny</li>
<li>a circus: complex, laughable, smelling vaguely of animals</li>
<li>absurd: irrational, foolish, in defiance of truth and common sense</li>
<li>incredible: not worthy of belief — too extraordinary and improbable</li>
<li>careless: negligent, unconcerned, inattentive, unmindful</li>
<li>farcical: low-quality humor, pageantry, parade without meaning</li>
<li>ridiculous: deserving of laughter because of its absurdity</li>
<li>preposterous: maladapted to its purposes, foolish, unreasonably absurd</li>
<li>bleak: cold, colorless, cheerless</li>
<li>unbelievable: simply not credible</li>
<li>reckless: rash and negligent, inattentive</li>
<li>terrible: exciting terror and dread, formidable</li>
<li>squicky: causing repulsion when you encounter it</li>
<li>abhorrent: causing horror when you encounter it</li>
<li>abominable: similar to abhorrent, but evil as well</li>
<li>reprehensible: worthy of blame and disapproval</li>
<li>atrocious: heinous and wicked</li>
<li>baleful: full of deadly and pernicious influence, portending evil</li>
<li>ruinous: causing or tending to cause destruction</li>
<li>baneful: poisonous and likely to cause death</li>
<li>deadly: going to cause someone(s) to die</li>
<li>pernicious: deadly, destructive, and mischevious</li>
<li>a calamity: an event or disaster which produces extensive evil</li>
<li>incomprehensible: beyond human understanding, literally</li>
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<p>If you find yourself using these words, <a href="http://philome.la/jace_harr/you-feel-like-shit-an-interactive-self-care-guide/play">"You Feel Like Shit: An Interactive Self Care Guide"</a> may be helpful.</p>
<p>If you have words you wish to contribute, please <a href="https://github.com/benlk/ranked-situational-fury/issues">create a Github ticket</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/benlkeith">tweet at the maintainer</a>. Suggestions are very welcome.</p>
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<h2 id="definitions">Furious definitions</h2>
<p>Sorted alphabetically.</p>
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<dt>abhorrent</dt>
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Abhorrent, a. Odious, offensive, shocking, repugnant, hateful, loathsome.
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Ab*hor"rent, Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing; hence, strongly opposed to; <as>as, <ex>abhorrent</ex> thoughts</as>.
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Ab*hor", To shrink back with horror, disgust, or dislike; to be contrary or averse; -- with <i>from</i>. "To <i>abhor</i> from those vices."
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<dt>abominable</dt>
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From <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/673"><cite>The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary</cite></a>.
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A*bom"i*na*ble, Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable.
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Abominable, a. 1. Hateful, odious, detestable, horrid, horrible, execrable, nefarious, damnable, cursed, accursed, hellish. 2. Loathsome, offensive, obnoxious, foul, nauseous, nauseating, disgusting, sickening, repulsive, revolting, shocking. 3. Vile, wretched, sorry, scurvy, shabby, bad.
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<dt>absurd</dt>
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ABSURDITY, n. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.
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Absurd, a. Unreasonable, irrational, foolish, nonsensical, ridiculous, incongruous, senseless, unwise, silly, stupid, preposterous, paradoxical, ill-judged, ill-advised, contrary to reason, contrary to the dictates of common sense.
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Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and fiatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; as, an absurd person, an absurd opinion, an absurd dream.
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<dt>atrocious</dt>
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From <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38390"><cite>A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous or Parallel Expressions</cite></a>.
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Atrocious, a. Infamous, villanous, flagitious, heinous, felonious, flagrant, outrageous, enormous, grievous, diabolical, monstrous, infernal, hellish, horrible, black, very wicked.
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From <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/673"><cite>The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary</cite></a>.
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Extremely heinous; full of enormous wickedness;
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<dt>baleful</dt>
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Full of deadly or pernicious influence; destructive.
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adj. 1. Portending evil; ominous. See 'sinister'. 2. Harmful or malignant in intent or effect.
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<dt>baneful</dt>
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Having poisonous qualities; deadly; destructive; injurious; noxious; pernicious.
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<dt>bleak</dt>
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1. Without color; pale; pallid. <br/>2. Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds. <br/>3. Cold and cutting; cheerless;
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<dt>careless</dt>
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Having no care; not taking ordinary or proper care; negligent; unconcerned; heedless; inattentive; unmindful; regardless.
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<dt>a circus</dt>
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From <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/972"><cite>The Devil's Dictionary</cite></a>.
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CIRCUS, n. A place where horses, ponies and elephants are permitted to see men, women and children acting the fool.
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<dt>calamity</dt>
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Noun. Any great misfortune or cause of misery; -- generally applied to events or disasters which produce extensive evil, either to communities or individuals.
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From <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw47_q9wbBE"><cite>The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wind trailer</cite></a>.
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"The history of the royal family of Hyrule is also the history of the Calamity Gannon, a primal evil that has endured over the ages."
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<dt>deadly</dt>
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1. Capable of causing death; mortal; fatal; destructive; certain or likely to cause death<br/>
2. Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile; flagitious
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<dt>farcical</dt>
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Farcical, a. Droll, ludicrous, ridiculous.
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From <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38390"><cite>A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous or Parallel Expressions</cite></a>.
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Farce, n. 1. Burlesque, caricature, travesty, parody, after-piece, low comedy, ludicrous representation. 2. Mere show, ridiculous pageantry, empty parade.
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Pertaining to farce; appropriated to farce; ludicrous; unnatural; unreal.
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<dt>incomprehensible</dt>
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Not capable of being contained within limits. Not capable of being comprehended or understood; beyond the reach of the human intellect; inconceivable.
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<dt>incredible</dt>
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Incredible, a. Not to be credited, not to be believed, not trustworthy, not to be believed, not worthy of belief, improbable.
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Not credible; surpassing belief; too extraordinary and improbable to admit of belief; unlikely; marvelous; fabulous.
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<dt>ludicrous</dt>
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From <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38390"><cite>A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous or Parallel Expressions</cite></a>.
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Ludicrous, a. Laughable, comical, odd, ridiculous, droll, funny, farcical, absurd.
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<i>Risible</i> differs from <i>ludicrous</i> as species from genus; <i>ludicrous</i> expressing that which is playful and sportive; <i>risible</i>, that which may excite laughter. <i>Risible</i> differs from <i>ridiculous</i>, as the latter implies something contemptuous, and <i>risible</i> does not.
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<dt>paradoxical</dt>
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Of the nature of a paradox: A tenet or proposition contrary to received opinion; an assertion or sentiment seemingly contradictory, or opposed to common sense; that which in appearance or terms is absurd, but yet may be true in fact.
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<dt>pernicious</dt>
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<hw>Per*ni"cious</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>perniciosus</ets>, from <ets>pernicies</ets> destruction, from <ets>pernecare</ets> to kill or slay outright; <ets>per + necare</ets> to kill, slay: cf. F. <ets>pernicieux</ets>. Cf. <er>Nuisance</er>, <er>Necromancy</er>.]</ety> <def>Having the quality of injuring or killing; destructive; very mischievous; baleful; malicious; wicked.</def>
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<dt>preposterous</dt>
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From <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38390"><cite>A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous or Parallel Expressions</cite></a>.
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Preposterous, a. 1. Perverted, having the cart before the horse, reversed. 2. Absurd, unreasonable, ridiculous, irrational, foolish, monstrous.
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From <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/673"><cite>The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary</cite></a>.
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Contrary to nature or reason; not adapted to the end; utterly and glaringly foolish; unreasonably absurd; perverted.</def> "Most <i>preposterous</i> conclusions."
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<dt>reckless</dt>
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From <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/673"><cite>The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary</cite></a>.
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Rashly negligent; utterly careless or heedless. Synynonyms: Heedless; careless; mindless; thoughtless; negligent; indifferent; regardless; unconcerned; inattentive; remiss; rash.
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<dt>reprehensible</dt>
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From <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/673"><cite>The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary</cite></a>.
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a. Worthy of [reproof, censure, blame, disapproval]; culpable, censurable, blamable.
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<dt>ridiculous</dt>
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From <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38390"><cite>A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous or Parallel Expressions</cite></a>.
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Ridiculous, a. Ludicrous, laughable, droll, funny, preposterous, farcical, comical, absurd.
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Fitted to excite ridicule; absurd and laughable; unworthy of serious consideration.
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From <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/673"><cite>The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary</cite></a>.
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Ru"in*ous a. Causing, or tending to cause, ruin; destructive; baneful; pernicious; as, a ruinous project.
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Adjective. Causing a physical sense of repusion upon one's encountering a concept or situation that one finds disgusting. <br/>
The concept of the "squick" differs from the concept of "disgust" in that "squick" refers purely to the physical sensation of repulsion, and does not imply a moral component. <br/>
Stating that something is "disgusting" implies a judgement that it is bad or wrong. Stating that something "squicks you" is merely an observation of your reaction to it, but does not imply a judgement that such a thing is universally wrong.
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<dt>terrible</dt>
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Terrible, a. Frightful, horrible, dreadful, formidable, redoubtable, fearful, grewsome, terrific, awful, dread, dire, tremendous.
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Adapted or likely to excite terror, awe, or dread; dreadful; formidable.
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<dt>unbelievable</dt>
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Un*be*liev"a*ble, a. Not capable of being believed; not credible.
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<h2>Credits</h2>
<p>Many of the original list of words were taken from the replies to <a href="https://twitter.com/thebestsophist/status/652130815011258368">this tweet</a> by <a href="https://twitter.com/thebestsophist">B Cordelia Yu</a>, who is an inspiring person. Thanks to <a href="https://twitter.com/johannespunkt">@johannespunkt</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/zaranosaur">@zaranosaur</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/sargoth">@sargoth</a>.</p>
<p>The definition of ableism here is quoted from Lydia Brown's post <a href="http://www.autistichoya.com/p/ableist-words-and-terms-to-avoid.html">Ableism/Language</a>.</p>
<p>The CSS styles are based on <a href="https://github.com/edwardtufte/tufte-css">Tufte CSS</a>.</p>
<p>A list of resources consulted in the preparation of this list includes:
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<li><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42108"><cite>The Slang Dictionary</cite></a> by John Camden Hotten, 1913, on Project Gutenberg. Nothing was taken from here, but it's an interesting book none the less.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50354"><cite>Argot and Slang</cite></a> by Albert Barrère, on Project Gutenberg. Also not used because it turned out to be a French-English dictionary.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5402"><cite>1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue</cite></a> by Francis Grose, on Project Gutenberg.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38390"><cite>A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous or Parallel Expressions</cite></a> by Richard Soule, 1871.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26000"><cite>The Sailor's Word-Book</cite></a> by W. H. Smyth, 1867. Not cited.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/673"><cite>The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary</cite></a></li>
<li><a href=""><cite></cite></a></li>
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<h2>Things learned</h2>
<p><i>Ludicrous</i> has humorous intent, but not malicious.</p>
<p>Paradoxes are apparent contradictions — not necessarily actual contradictions.</p>
<p><i>Asinine</i> means stupid and obstinate. Removed it from the list.</p>
<p>An <code><input></code>'s <code>checked</code> status can be used to style following elements: <code>input:checked div.toggleable</code></p>
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