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 







.https://twitter.com/hpluckrose/status/930419123523375104 …
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Replying to @kaesmth
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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Replying to @HPluckrose
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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Replying to @kaesmth
Derogatory in the sense of disparaging. You can decide whether or not disparaging terms are merited.
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