[hagbard_c]

I do the same:

sex instead of 'gender'

illegal instead of 'undocumented'

mother instead of 'gestating person' or 'birthing person'

homeless instead of 'unhoused person'

criminal instead of 'justice-involved person'

paedophile instead of 'minor-attracted person'

prostitute instead of 'sex worker'

...and whatever other neologisms happen to be pushed by activists, politicos and the media. If there is a good existing term which is replaced for no valid reason I use the existing term. If there is a good reason to replace it - which is rare - I use the new term.

If they insist I do continue the conversation using the correct - existing - terms. The other side often shows little desire to continue the conversation which I find odd given that they generally wouldn't have had any problems using those terms a decade ago.