> I am saying that these things come into fashion and then pass away. If words can come INTO fashion for various reasons, then some must be allowed to LEAVE fa

> I am saying that these things come into fashion and then pass away. If words can come INTO fashion for various reasons, then some must be allowed to LEAVE fashion for other reasons. Letting them pass out of empathy is probably one of the most noble and equitable reasons we could have to change our language. Your argument is so strange. You argue that language is fluid then get angry, confused and dismissive when people use that fact to change the world around them.