we don't say *moths-eaten
we don't say *employees-owned
we don't say *sharks-infested

if you're writing any dialogue in a fantasy setting, please know that if you write "gods-damned" you are not only failing in your attempt to make it seem like a pre-christian society

you're advertising both your cultural christianity *and* your inability to really deal with it in any meaningful or informed way in the most cringe manner possible

@apophis good point, I never thought about that

related https://lain.com/objec...

@apophis

Also, does your pre-christian religion have damnation? If not, you might need a different curse word

@CorvidCrone exactly!

(i've always been inclined to let that part go because pagan gods can condemn and curse things and "damn" does legit have a broader meaning but that's probably an undue stretch on my part)

i almost said this was a counterpoint but the seemingly intended reading itself ungrammatically mixes singular "identifies" with "women" (i have no reason to think they were talking about plural people) and ultimately the best parsing is "[(person who) identifies (..)]-owned"

[it hurt itself in its confusion]

no wait the funny reading is in fact a proper counterpoint

since i posted this i've seen things like

women-owned
months-long

so it's less ungrammatical than i thought

but this is always in a context where the plural is being specifically emphasized (in the case of "women-owned" it's the better unintentional reading of something that was truly malformed rather than a plausible regional variant)

which just makes me double down on my substantive point

@apophis women-owned : owned by women :: months-long : long by months

@sierra @apophis owned by women

@apophis oh my gosh i locve you🥹🥹