Language is so fluid and used by different people with different connotations of words that I don’t think it’s “preventable” if it is something to be prevented.

Language is so fluid and used by different people with different connotations of words that I don’t think it’s “preventable” if it is something to be prevented. I see this tug of war of new word as part of the process for finding the best word… for this particular zeitgeist. I remember in the 2000s, “a person with autism” was preferred because they are first and foremost a person who happens to have autism. But this year I learned some people prefer the term “autistic” as they claim it as part of who they are.