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Happens for people leaving the USA (and other countries) too. They're not immigrants, they're ex-pats!
by travisjungroth 5y ago
Happens for people leaving the USA (and other countries) too. They're not immigrants, they're ex-pats!
- ramblerman 5y agoThis doesn't mean the same thing though. If they are working abroad with the intention of returning, then expatriate is the correct term.
- DoingIsLearning 5y agoNo, in my understanding expatriated has two specific meanings: 1. Legally expatriated by a Nation/government. Removed from a nation's territory by decision of said nation. 2. Comission/Secondment abroad, where an employee of a government/company gets assigned to work abroad for a fixed period. From what I gather the term expat has been appropriated in British-American circles, to somehow detach higher income immigrants from the 'immigrant' stigma. I think this became a de facto convention when Investment Banking and Retail Banks (in non english-speaking countries) started adopting the term 'expat' in customer branding, to target higher income immigrants.
- varjag 5y agoWhen an English term sounds too shitty on them, the British reliably turn to Latin or French.
- varjag 5y agoWork migrant is even more correct.