No, it never goes back. You need to make up a new word.
Just look at the history of “black” people (in America, at least). Also, “crippled”.
This always happens. Someone comes up with some stupid new term to make people feel better, then in a few decades it’s offensive and a new term comes up again.
I prefer FAT. Say it straight out.
(Not that all fat people can really help it - there really is genetics involved - but why call it anything else?)
If someone is comfortable with their fat.....MYOB.
Kinda like “progressive”, then “liberal”, then back to “progressive” (hey, there’s a counter example for ya!)...
it doesn’t matter what “feel good” label you put on the can, everyone eventually comes do define the wording on the label as meaning exactly what was in the can all along.
I live in a binary world when it comes to language changes.
You want to go from fat to obese....fine obese it is. If you find the obese isn’t going to work, then we go back to fat. I simply refuse to play the moving word game.
Same goes for retard, a retard is a retard. Physical, mental, etc. no matter. Physically retarded. Mentally retarded. After that it’s a matter of degree. It’s a description, not an epithet.