I was listening to Steely Dan's King of the World and noticed how we used to say "raper," but somehow it's changed to "rapist" ...as though it's some kind of skilled vocation...like a cellist or a geologist. I think it's too elegant; we should go back to raper. Seriously, we don't say "murderist" or "muggist." OK, I'll allow words like "arsonist" and "bigamist" because a certain amount of skill and artistry can be attributed to them. But sexual predators don't subscribe to "rapism" and their crimes wouldn't be classed as "rapeological." I question the personal life of whoever's idea this alternative form was. Or am I being a trivialist?
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