What really bothers me is how this kind of language creeps into other areas of life besides work. It's nauseating listening to the pompous, obfuscating speech f

What really bothers me is how this kind of language creeps into other areas of life besides work. It's nauseating listening to the pompous, obfuscating speech favored by a lot of American professionals. Another disturbing phenomenon I've noticed is the use of more generic language on principle. A case in point is the phrase "sex worker" which seems like it's often used deliberately to blur the (many and important) distinctions between prostitutes, masseuses, bikini baristas, and what have you. And for what? Solidarity? Surely there are better ways of achieving that. Alarmingly, this sort of thing has been showing up a lot in the discourse surrounding monkeypox. Spokespeople and journalists keep using the term "LGBT community," when surely the relevant group is specifically that of men who have sex with other men? Whatever purpose their wording serves, it sure isn't a public-health one.