Words often go through phases where they stop meaning what they mean to groups of people. Sometimes large groups. “Feminism” is the classic example in my head.

Words often go through phases where they stop meaning what they mean to groups of people. Sometimes large groups. “Feminism” is the classic example in my head. You don’t have to bend to that. People often try to destroy words for political reasons, but in then end, I think, the words often stand resilient. Our languages are really impressive structures that define real spaces. There is power to learning them and knowing how to use them well. That power does diminish when words are abused, but it doesn’t disappear. Personally, I am happy to have words be refined, but when people try to redefine them to the point where they are useless... I listen, and parse their words as intended, but I keep using those words correctly with others.