I thought of a couple of others.
The word narcissist is overused to the point of becoming an absurdity. The same with sociopath and psychopath. Sometimes people are just selfish and bad. Your ex probably didn’t have a lot in common with Ted Bundy.
Using the word ‘victim’ pejoratively. It is usually used to shame women and minorities, the implication being that the individuals in these groups haven’t suffered sufficient harm to be called or to identify with being a victim. I think that the first that I thought of the word as pejorative was in Vonnegut’s “The Sirens of Titan.” Victim should be reclaimed and, maybe, rehabilitated.
Lastly, “identifying” as sexually outside of the straight, celibate or LGBTQ culture.
I’m queer. The guy who has sex exclusively with blow-up dolls is queer. Queer is a huge umbrella that covers people who tick ‘other’ through ‘prefer not to say.’ You can be a sexual vegan and be queer. Queer is good. Straight is good, anything LGBTQ is good. I’m ‘iffy’ on celibacy. (Just kidding.)
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