Linguistic Orthodoxy

The established, institutionalized set of beliefs about language that dominate education, media, and public discourse—the often-unexamined assumptions that some languages (or dialects) are correct while others are corrupt, that grammar rules are fixed rather than evolving, that standard language is superior, that change is decay, that some ways of speaking are "professional" while others are "slang." Linguistic orthodoxy includes commitments: that there is one correct way to speak and write, that prescriptive grammar reflects natural order, that non-standard dialects are mistakes, that accent indicates intelligence or education, that language should be protected from change. Like all orthodoxies, it provides standards for communication, but it functions as social control—enforcing class and regional hierarchies through language, delegitimizing the speech of marginalized groups, making people ashamed of their native dialects. Linguistic orthodoxy determines what speech is considered "educated," what writing is "correct," and who counts as "articulate" versus "inarticulate."

Example: "She was told she couldn't be a journalist because she spoke with a regional accent—linguistic orthodoxy, where way of speaking is treated as measure of intelligence. The orthodoxy's power is making class prejudice feel like linguistic judgment."

by Dumu The Void March 17, 2026

Linguini (ultrakill)

A specific type of ultrakill player typically in europe who posts repetitive content to youtube

"yeah man i just got done watching linguini (ultrakill)"
"oh did he finally make original content?"
"fuck no"

by faithfulfall September 1, 2025

Linus Sex Tips

A rather weird naming for popular tech YouTuber "Linus Tech Tips".

Hey, did you watch Linus Sex Tips yesterday?
You mean Linus Tech Tips?

by Quandale Bartholomew Dinglenut September 15, 2025

Linus

So sick

Bro 1 “Hey bro, did you see that trick?”
Bro 2 “Ya Bro, that was Linus man.”
Bro 1 “So Sick”

by DefinitelynotLinus October 25, 2025

Linguistic Rawdogging

Consuming media in a language you do not understand without translation or subtitles.

He is currently linguistic rawdogging the entirety of Money Heist; he doesn't speak any Spanish, and he is not using subtitles.

by linguistist November 3, 2025

Linus

Never over his ex even though his friends tell him she is chopped

Linus lock in it’s been months!

by rabdon November 12, 2025

linguicize

to put an abstract or largely emotional idea into words

I struggled to linguicize my frustrations to my partner

by bdsmpretentiocrat November 24, 2025