> Part of the language engineering dynamic, also, is to try and replace terms that have a precise meaning (illegal alien) with fluffier less precise words (undo

> Part of the language engineering dynamic, also, is to try and replace terms that have a precise meaning (illegal alien) with fluffier less precise words (undocumented, migrant) so that the idea that is being referred to (someone in the country without the legal right) I always thought the switch from "illegal immigrant" to "undocumented immigrant" actually worked against people on the left trying to fight in favor of immigrants. "Undocumented", IMO, feeds into the false notion that most unauthorized immigrants simply hopped over the border without documentation, so we don't know who they are, when the reality is that most unauthorized immigrants are simply overstaying their visa. "Unauthorized immigrant/migrant" is the best term, IMO, but "illegal" was fine. The argument that "HoW cAn A pErSoN bE iLlEgAl" was always dumb to me, because it insinuated that the "illegal" applied to the person, and not their presence, and nobody believed the person was illegal. > Another example, what is the currently polite term that means "a woman that is not a transwoman"? The full term is "cisgender woman", or abbreviated as "cis". It is not a slur, no matter how much the nut jobs like Elon Musk want to say it is.