List of bullshit anti-concepts that have emerged in recent years

[Tooting Carmen]

As defined by the late Ayn Rand (not a philosopher I generally like btw), an anti-concept is "an irrational, unusable term designed to replace a legitimate concept". And here are some:

Woke. Supposedly someone who is sensitive towards issues of social and racial equality. In practice, it has become a largely meaningless term of abuse.

Cancelled. A famous person who has become tainted and thus must not be publicised or spoken about again.

OK boomer. Used to shut someone up when they are seen as too mouthy.

Cis-gender. Someone who sticks to their biological sex.

Latinx. Gender-neutral term to describe a US citizen of Latin American descent.

TERF. A feminist who doesn't agree that, just because a man may feel like a woman thus makes him automatically become one.

[catgeorge]

I must be getting old - these terms are not known to me. Seems like playground lingo.

[Tooting Carmen]

I must be getting old - these terms are not known to me.

Lucky you!

[Tooting Carmen]

Empowering. Claiming to love yourself when you really hate yourself and thus undergo extreme self-mutilation: skin-lightening creams, rhinoplasty, double eyelid surgery, lip reductions, puberty blockers, penis removals, breast binders, mastectomies...

[Colonel Frank Grimes]

Empowering. Claiming to love yourself when you really hate yourself and thus undergo extreme self-mutilation: skin-lightening creams, rhinoplasty, double eyelid surgery, lip reductions, puberty blockers, penis removals, breast binders, mastectomies...

When I hear the word 'empowering' I physically cringe.

[Dick]

You're my favourite communist, Tooting. Keepin' it old school and real.

[Creoda]

Love: meaning LGBTQ promiscuity
Pride: displaying the rainbow flag
Climate Change/Crisis/Catastrophe: Any extreme weather can be blamed on fossil fuel emissions
Diversity: Fewer White people
Problematic: Anything that goes against Cultural Marxist orthodoxy
Misogyny: Making any non-complimentary comment about a woman
Anti-Semitic: Being anti-Israel

[Creoda]

Bigotry: chronically misused for decades by actual bigots, as a synonym for racism and xenophobia
Xenophobia, Homophobia and Transphobia: If someone doesn't like these groups it means they must be irrationally afraid of them

[Jacques de Imbelloni]

Neurotypical: is a descriptor that refers to someone who has the brain functions, behaviors, and processing considered standard or typical.

Heteronormativity: is the concept that heterosexuality (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterosexuality) is the preferred or normal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norm_(social)) mode of sexual orientation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_orientation).[1] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heteronormativity#cite_note-Harris-1) It assumes the gender binary (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_binary) (i.e., that there are only two distinct, opposite genders (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender)) and that sexual and marital relations are most fitting between people of opposite sex.

hegemonic bodies:

Ableism: (/ˈeɪbəlɪzəm/ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English); also known as ablism, disablism (British English), anapirophobia, anapirism, and disability discrimination) is discrimination (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrimination) and social prejudice (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prejudice) against people with physical or mental disabilities (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disability).

fatphobia: (uncountable (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#uncountable))


Fear and/or dislike of obese (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/obese) people and/or obesity (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/obesity). quotations ▼
Fear or obsessive avoidance of consuming fat (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fat#English).

A gender-nonconforming person: may be variant in their gender identity, being transgender or non-binary, or they may be cisgender.

birthing person: Someone who gives birth, regardless of their gender identity, which may be female, male, nonbinary, or other.

White Fragility: any defensive instincts or reactions that a white person (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_person) experiences when questioned about race or made to consider their own race.

[Katarzyna]

Yeah we live in a woke society unfortunately

[Tooting Carmen]

Yeah we live in a woke society unfortunately

See OP. 'Woke' itself is an anti-concept.