[Ads-l] For the euphemism file: "hypergamy" and associates

[Laurence Horn]

OK, it’s clear “hypergamy”—

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/style/hypergamy-david-geffen-divorce.html

--is not new, either as a practice or a term, but its revival and association with incel/manosphere culture is interesting, and you’ll also notice the wonderfully euphemistic “compensated dating” and of course “sugar” (as in “sugar babies” and the more recent “sugar dating”).  “Gold-digging”, however, is more of a dysphemism. 

LH
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