![]() It's a judgey term of derision, though I guess it's common and harmless enough (it's a slangy version of "bourgeois," I think). BOUGIE, I'm less fond of ( 45D: Concerned with wealth, possessions and respectability, in modern lingo). GAYMER, I loved ( 51D: Portmanteau coinage for a queer-identified e-sports player, say) I haven't heard the term much, but it was easily inferrable. That is, there's nothing "Latin" about that clue. not so blatantly and lazily copied from the opening line of the term's wikipedia page, and b. I liked LATINX, though I wish its clue were a. And though I love the phrase HATES ON, I couldn't come up with it very easily today. In fact, I know it's not the same thing as heating it. I don't think sticking something in the oven is the same as heating it. I also had trouble with the clue on HEAT (96A: Stick in the oven). I went elsewhere to get a real foothold in the grid, and then came back and built that corner up from below. If I'd had MAI, then PALMER and E-READER would've immediately become clear. ![]() PAL- would not lead me to PALMER (1D: Apt surname for a close-up magician?), ERE- would not lead me to E-READER ( 2D: Literary convenience), and CUT- would not lead me to CUTIE PIE. Behold the momentum-blocking power of the unknown proper name! I just couldn't see any of the longer Downs up there despite having their first three letters. MAI just stopped me cold ( 21A: Singer Ella with the 2018 Grammy-winning R&B hit "Boo'd Up"). I had a whole bunch of trouble solving the NW despite getting PECAN over ARUBA over LET UP fairly easily. But the unusual shape is at least, well, unusual, which has its own intrinsic value, and what little theme material there is is quite spicy, so I'd have to say my overall experience was positive. I'm also not a fan of extreme segmentation, such as you see in the SW and SE corners here, both of which are connected to the rest of the grid by the smallest possible passageways. Three sections, just whistling and whittling and passing the time away. There are only four themers (!) and three of them are just eight letters long, *and* there is absolutely no theme material in the bottom six rows of the grid. The theme is cute and clever, but it's very light, and I'm not the biggest fan of this grid shape. ![]() Some have argued that the term supports patriarchal bias, is antifeminist, based on political correctness, or criticized it because it is difficult to pronounce. The term has been criticized by some lexicographers and rejected from some dictionaries on grammatical grounds, and accepted by others. Linguistic imperialism has been used both as a basis of criticism, and of support. Supporters say it engenders greater acceptance among non-binary gender Latinos. While Latinx has been called "a recognition of the exclusionary nature of our institutions, of the deficiencies in existent linguistic structures, and of language as an agent of social change," the term has also been the subject of controversy. Words used for similar purposes include Chicanx, and Latine. It slowly gained in usage, and around 2014 in US universities its usage became widespread. The term was first seen around 2004, predominantly online, among intersectional advocacy groups combining the identity politics of race, class, and gender. The ⟨-x⟩ suffix replaces the standard ⟨-o/-a⟩ ending of nouns and adjectives that are typical of grammatical gender in Spanish. ![]() ![]() mine), sometimes used instead of Latino or Latina to refer to people of Latin American cultural or ethnic identity in the United States. Latinx is a gender-neutral neologism (emph. Word of the Day: LATINX ( 46D: Gender-neutral neologism added to Merriam-Webster in 2018). THEME: - slang for "hot" people that also contains the name of a "food" item: ![]()
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