← Back to context Comment by mvdtnz 13 days ago What's "caponated"? 6 comments mvdtnz Reply throwanem 13 days ago Castrated, if you're trying way too hard (and not well) to avoid getting called on that overly emotive metaphor: a capon is a gelded rooster. bigfudge 13 days ago It also has the unfortunate resonance of being the word for a collaborator in concentration camps. ilove_banh_mi 13 days ago There is a key distinction and context: caponation has a productive purpose from the pov of farmers and their desired profits. throwanem 13 days ago I gather the term of art is "caponization," but that's a cavil. For something that is not born with testes or indeed at all, to describe it with this metaphor is very silly and does nothing to elucidate whatever it is you're actually getting at. ilove_banh_mi 13 days ago A capon is a male chicken that has been neutered to improve the quality of its flesh for food.
throwanem 13 days ago Castrated, if you're trying way too hard (and not well) to avoid getting called on that overly emotive metaphor: a capon is a gelded rooster. bigfudge 13 days ago It also has the unfortunate resonance of being the word for a collaborator in concentration camps. ilove_banh_mi 13 days ago There is a key distinction and context: caponation has a productive purpose from the pov of farmers and their desired profits. throwanem 13 days ago I gather the term of art is "caponization," but that's a cavil. For something that is not born with testes or indeed at all, to describe it with this metaphor is very silly and does nothing to elucidate whatever it is you're actually getting at.
bigfudge 13 days ago It also has the unfortunate resonance of being the word for a collaborator in concentration camps.
ilove_banh_mi 13 days ago There is a key distinction and context: caponation has a productive purpose from the pov of farmers and their desired profits. throwanem 13 days ago I gather the term of art is "caponization," but that's a cavil. For something that is not born with testes or indeed at all, to describe it with this metaphor is very silly and does nothing to elucidate whatever it is you're actually getting at.
throwanem 13 days ago I gather the term of art is "caponization," but that's a cavil. For something that is not born with testes or indeed at all, to describe it with this metaphor is very silly and does nothing to elucidate whatever it is you're actually getting at.
ilove_banh_mi 13 days ago A capon is a male chicken that has been neutered to improve the quality of its flesh for food.
Castrated, if you're trying way too hard (and not well) to avoid getting called on that overly emotive metaphor: a capon is a gelded rooster.
It also has the unfortunate resonance of being the word for a collaborator in concentration camps.
There is a key distinction and context: caponation has a productive purpose from the pov of farmers and their desired profits.
I gather the term of art is "caponization," but that's a cavil. For something that is not born with testes or indeed at all, to describe it with this metaphor is very silly and does nothing to elucidate whatever it is you're actually getting at.
A capon is a male chicken that has been neutered to improve the quality of its flesh for food.