• joyjoy@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    It wasn’t a failed rape bid. It was a failed rape attempt. There wasn’t an auction like I was thinking based on what I read in the title.

    • Copernican@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Just non native English speaking translation. A bid can meet an attempt, like a bid for re election.

    • tiramichu@lemm.ee
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      10 months ago

      One of the meanings of ‘bid’ is to attempt to achieve something

      e.g. “In a bid to escape, he jumped down the waterfall”

      Doesn’t mean money is involved. But I agree it’s a poor choice of phrase for this headline.

      And either way, very bad news =(

    • a baby duck@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Yeah I’m not sure what “rape bid” is even supposed to mean, in any context. Doesn’t “bid” imply something that can be accepted?

      • ☆Luma☆@lemmy.ca
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        10 months ago

        Don’t worry, someone made a whole page about bid. It’s actually kind of crazy how in-depth it goes, so search for [Subject-Verb], I think that’s the relevant bit.

        … Also, did you know you can highlight text and paste in a link and it formats everything for you??? Bless.