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ORIGINAL: DesFIP
Subordinate means lower rank.
Inferior means of less value.
If I said that Walmart tee shirts were inferior to UnderArmour for sports, you would understand that inferior means less valued.
You have added your own interpretation to the literal definition of the word... literally it means "lower in rank, status, or quality" to choose or assume the "quality" definition about someone that is making reference to themselves in a world of BDSM relationships based on rank seems errant to me. Look at it from the opposite side of the coin... superior. He is my superior.
So it can go either way, but to presume it only means lower quality instead of lower status or lower rank is incorrect.
No. Because conversations rarely include dictionary definitions. Instead we use words as they are commonly used. And dictionary definitions have a lag time of decades before being updated.
Superior is commonly understood to have two meanings, one for rankings and the other for quality. Although the meaning is swinging away from ranking. Most of the younger generation will not use superior for a boss, just supervisor.
Vincent's example is not even to be discussed because most people will never have heard of it. And if at a dentist convention, it's jargon only used by those in that industry.
Firstly, I never contested RS's dictionary definitions of the words. My response was that the dictionary definitions were too trivial for what I was about. So, all this fuss about definitions leaves me indifferent. But I cannot resist playing the game when I see some one hold themselves out as the final arbiter of word meanings.
The English language as we use it is commonly too nuanced and too rich in all its forms, like a Pollard painting, to permit without objection, one person asserting that they have the unwavering truth.
The truth is language is our culture; it is vibrant and sweaty, and exciting, and nasty, and lyrical, and ever changing. I cannot imagine the audacity of one person proclaiming we must all adhere to her definitions as if she were Moses carrying stone tablets.
The definitions I gave are not limited to dentistry, Des. They are widely understood definitions in all life sciences including anatomy, pathology, evolution, taxonomy, and so on. They are commonly used with agreed definitions. They tell us location, location, location.
"Vincent's example is not to be discussed . . ." because Des has no clue about how wide spread the utilization of the terms.
Superior, inferior, posterior, anterior, lateral, distal, etc. are all terms used in forensic science and criminal law as well.
Perhaps you should not be so dismissive of things about which you have little knowledge, Des.
Secondly, the use of the terms in question as to rank, status, or quality really depends on the people having the conversation, which would exclude Des, unless she is some kind of omniscient BDSM goddess.
We do not use words as they are commonly used; we use words as they have emotional meaning for our relationships and associations.
The Superior may have a huge distaste for a doormat slave and would not under any circumstances engage with such a one. How would you know, Des?
On the other hand, the inferior may desperately require humiliation and degradation to function in that position, and may have found a superior who has the energy and fortitude to provide for that fetish. How would you know, Des?
Still again the superior may wish a slave of quality to reflect his/her judgment for quality artistry or quality reasoning. How would you know, Des?
The simple truth is, you have no way of knowing what are the pillow talk definitions of the trigger words, Des. There are endless nuances and ever changing dynamics between two people in a D/s relationship far beyond what can be captured by your laughable, limited, static definitions.
We just do not agree, you and I, Des. Not on this topic. Perhaps another topic at a later time. Fingers crossed.
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