According to this thread, the use of TERF as a term of abuse is similar to how terms such as Paki were used to describe people from Pakistan 







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Yes, an abbreviation for an accurate term which has negative connotations and so becomes derogatory. This is the case regardless of whether or not you think the group deserves a derogatory label.
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So any term that in and of itself has negative connotations regardless of the consistent behaviour of said group, become ‘derogatory’. Derogatory in a universal sense of needing to not be used.
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Come on there’s endless examples where that sort of logic for descriptive terms falls short.
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What? Are you saying that TERF is not derogatory? That it is used in a neutral or positive way?
End of conversation
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