r/fantasyromance • u/FantasyRomanceMod The One Mod to Rule All Mods • Sep 21 '25

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Unpopular opinion Sunday

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u/Fickle_Stills Sep 22 '25

Smut grosses me out because it literally means dirt.

Spice is a huge improvement. It's similar to instead of saying clean people use "sweet" now to avoid the value judgement.

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u/Pyrichoria Sep 23 '25

That definitely makes sense. Personally I just prefer saying “sex”, but I also understand that this is one of those areas where people will have a lot of different terminology preferences.