- use aave (african-american vernacular english) as a non-black person.
- co-opt black terms. anti-(), ()fishing, non() & etc.
- use 'nb' to refer to nonbinary people nb has been used by black people for years, please use nby/nbry (enby can be seen as infantizing to some nonbinary people so ask before using it.)
- use 'poly' to refer to (poly)amorous/romantic/sexual poly is for polynesian people, please use polya/polyam
- use words like husbando waifu loli shota. these words aren't slurs but that doesnt make them any less racist, pedophilic &/or fetishizey.
- refer to autistic people as 'people with autism' or anything along the lines of that. i am not a person with trans, i am trans/a trans person so why refer to autistic people as 'a person with autism'.
- use terms like folx, womxn, my'theyd, gentlethem or 'go they/them go' or anything along the lines of that. you are not the ally you think you are, you're just annoying.
- still use outdated & offensive terms such as aspergers, low/high-functioning labels, sociopath or psychopath.
- use disorders/disabilities as insults/descriptors eg: 'this weather is so bipolar', 'i'm so ocd about that', 'they're blind to the facts', 'tone-deaf' & etc.
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