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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Except when you recognize that new terms aren't coined by average members of the group in question, but by academics and activists who gain esteem by being early adapters of language. Once a term becomes mainstream, it no longer signals a cutting edge progressive outlook, and so a new term must be coined by the cultural trend-setters.
It's like fashion, music, gaming, etc. If you're an expert, the last thing you want to be associated with is the conventions of muggles.
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possibly true but who cares? the least I can do to atone for the grim history of my country and my ethnicity is try to watch what I say