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[–] petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's called "echoes," and basically it's like extreme emphasis.

You imagine (((wow))) to be said in a very loud, booming voice.

Nazis, for a while, were using this exclusively with jewish names because they're incredibly subtle.

[–] loutr@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago

I think it was because they got banned from everywhere ~~for being racist assholes openly~~ because of the evil global Jew conspiracy so they came up with all kinds of euphemisms and codes like this. But yeah, very subtle.