And then people create new terms to overcome these issues but sometimes they are just too ridiculous. I remember I was booking a flight on the internet some years ago, and in the seat reservation section there was this term "horizontally challenged".
It was something to do with choosing seats or buying an extra seat if you're on the large side aka fat, which we not supposed to call people nowadays either !!!!
Yeah it's true. It does seem absurd at times. New words are created to replace the old misused words and then other new words are created to replace those, and eventually you can't even figure out what message is being conveyed anymore because it's so far removed lol. I'm definitly for inclusivity and all that but sometimes it can be very challenging. As a rule I just try to avoid any descriptive word for other people. It's too confusing for me anymore. There have been so many times where I have literally thought to myself "can I say that word anymore?" and then I spend like 5 minutes in my head thinking "well the man was from Mexico, so why couldn't I say that a Mexican gave me the tequila?" 🤔
That's just a made up example but there have been actual cases where I thought something similar to that. My social work program ruined me for speaking. Now i overthink everything.