Speaking of newfangled and oldfangled words, I was recently on a tour of a public park that was undergoing some renovation, and in mentioning that some homeless people had been camping in a certain spot there, the tour guide stopped himself and said, "I've been told I should not say 'homeless' anymore, that I should say unhoused persons."
Speaking of newfangled and oldfangled words, I was recently on a tour of a public park that was undergoing some renovation, and in mentioning that some homeless people had been camping in a certain spot there, the tour guide stopped himself and said, "I've been told I should not say 'homeless' anymore, that I should say unhoused persons."
I simply raised my eyebrows as he went on with the tour, carefully commenting here and there on the to-ings and fro-ings of the local unhoused persons. I told someone who has some sense (my unvaxxed relative) this story about the homeless people, and her response was, "oh, you mean, vagrants."
Speaking of newfangled and oldfangled words, I was recently on a tour of a public park that was undergoing some renovation, and in mentioning that some homeless people had been camping in a certain spot there, the tour guide stopped himself and said, "I've been told I should not say 'homeless' anymore, that I should say unhoused persons."
I simply raised my eyebrows as he went on with the tour, carefully commenting here and there on the to-ings and fro-ings of the local unhoused persons. I told someone who has some sense (my unvaxxed relative) this story about the homeless people, and her response was, "oh, you mean, vagrants."
My local newspaper regularly refers to the homeless as "unhoused citizens", without any perceived sense of irony at that unfortunate word combination.