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[–] RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Oh boy, I can't even imagine... just parking in the street and suddenly: surprise gangbang on your hood

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

A Vivid scene you describe.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

If you're serious, there are two different uses of the term.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gangbanger

  1. (US, slang) A member of a violent gang; a violent person.

  2. (vulgar, sex) Someone who takes part in a gangbang.

[–] velvetThunder@lemmy.zip 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I am a member of a violent gangbang.

[–] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 1 points 4 months ago

Yes but do you bang gangs, or bang at other gangs?

[–] set_secret@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Weird the US slang version comes before the actual definition. Someone needs to edit that Wikipedia article.

Every other dictionary (Including US ones)

gangbang /găng′băng″/

noun

  1. Sexual intercourse forced upon one person by several others in rapid succession.
  2. Sexual intercourse involving several people who select and change partners.
  3. Sexual intercourse involving more than two persons, especially with a high proportion of men.
  4. A street gang attacking random people on the streets and/or committing gang crimes.

intransitive verb

  1. To participate in a gangbang, either consensually or as an aggressor.
  2. To participate in violent gang-related activities.
  3. To subject (someone) to a gangbang.
[–] force@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Whether a term is characteristic of a certain dialect or region isn't generally considered all that much when it comes to order on Wiktionary, unless it's an "obscure" dialect. I contribute a lot to Wiktionary (mainly for languages other than Modern English though) and there are few rules on the specific the order of definitions, it's mostly just common definitions above uncommon definitions (but this isn't even a hard rule).

Editing it to change the order for your reason specifically might be considered vandalism, as it's typical and allowed for entries to be like this and it's common for little disputes like that to cause editing wars (although that's admittedly far more common on Wikipedia, since many Wiktionary contributors are actually linguists and are less controversial).

That being said, someone actually did intentionally move the "gang member" definition above the other one, so there's clearly some sort of difference in opinion.

If you want it changed, the course of action you should take is starting a discussion about it. It's a good way to get a community consensus.

[–] set_secret@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee -3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

So let’s be clear here. You’re implying very heavily. Are you actually claiming that this person did this nefarious thing? What are you saying?

[–] force@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

No, not at all. You can easily view the edit history of all Wiktionary pages – 2 years ago, someone put the definitions in the order they are now for a specific reason. This person thinks it should be the other way around, so if they want to change it it'd be best to make a discussion about it. That's the best way to get a community consensus on it. Wiktionary is a collaborative effort, people have different opinions on the specifics of a page, that's why discussions exist and are the go-to for settling differences in views.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Your entire comment reads like a subtle lecture to set_secret about the pitfalls of editing Wiktionary to support his argument in this thread. I think you did that on purpose, because you figured people would interpret it as what it seems to imply.

[–] force@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

What are you talking about, I didn't imply anything I outright said what I meant

[–] john89@lemmy.ca -2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

It's really sad watching you people make light of a serious topic.

I guess it's because you can't tolerate any criticism of cities, even if they house most of the people who own guns illegally and use them on other humans.

But it's not front-page news on these websites whenever someone dies due to gang violence, because it happens every day.

[–] VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 months ago

Yeah same thing comes up whenever high density housing is mentioned, you're not allowed to mention how horrible it is because everyone is locked into an ideology where poor people belong in very small compressed areas because then we'll be forced to ride bikes which is going to magically solve everything