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committed suicide -> died by suicide: even in death we are removing their agency.

Agreed, I actually found this one the most interesting of the list. What is the reasoning for this one? What is avoided by this change?

I was surprised by the fact I actually agreed with much more of the list than I thought I would. Maybe a bit over half.

The worst of the list (as in, the one I agree the most and which irks me the most) is OCD.

Probably because I have slight OCD but it’s still the extremely specific medical term why use it for when you like pink post-its?

It's interesting to see that you agree the most with the one term you are actually personally afflicted with.

Maybe it's the same for so many other terms when the people are actually affected?

The one I agree with the least in the entire list is also the one I’m affected personally. So it’s a toss up?

Stop trying to make latinx a thing. Any latino or latin american would be horrified by that term.

From what I've heard (and a quick DDG search confirms this) the switch was actually to get away from the fact that killing oneself has actually been a crime (that one "committed") in the past.

I guarantee you that most of those actually affected by suicide care far more about the passivization of their loved one's final act than a tortured etymological concern.

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