• Deceptichum
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      7 months ago

      Yes, it’s the rallying call of the dairy industry lobbyists trying to force ownership of a word and to hurt the sales of non-dairy milks.

      Milk has referred to all manner of white thick drinking liquids for at least 800 years now, it is not solely the domain of animals.

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      7 months ago

      I agree, we need more words. We lose words all the time, too, due to assumptive abuse.