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(12,231 posts)What word is there to describe cross-dressing that is an erotic activity for the person who is cross-dressing?
If a word has a negative connotation, then I can understand introducing a new word with the same denotation, but without the connotation. However, until a word with the same denotation is available, how can you justify trying to pressure people to stop using the old word? If people don't use the old word, then they have no reasonably convenient way either to formulate their thoughts or to communicate those thoughts to others. Also, if the negative connotation automatically arises in the minds of the general public as a consequence of the denotation, then the phasing out of old vocabulary and the introduction of new vocabulary will become a kind of perpetual treadmill akin to changing fashions. What's progressive about that?