However, the term has more and more develop into much less of a pejorative and a lot more publicly appropriate, an illustration of the "dysphemism treadmill" or semantic drift known as melioration, wherein former pejoratives turn out to be inoffensive and commonplace.[4][5] On account of its increasing usage in the public Discussion board, in 2005

Nevertheless, the word has ever more come to be less of a pejorative and even more publicly suitable, an illustration of the "dysphemism treadmill" or semantic drift often known as melioration, whereby previous pejoratives come to be inoffensive and commonplace.[four][five] Because of its growing usage in the public forum, in 2005 the word was inte