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Not exactly a take but I think its bad to use “X-oid” as an insulting descriptor.
9.5 times out of 10 you cant even start to pretend you are using it in the scientific “similar to” meaning, like if you’re calling literally a western guy a “westoid” its pretty easy to tell what you mean by it(ableism).
I’m saying that a solid majority of times people say shit like “westoid” or “natoid” this is knowingly or not basically just a veiled way of calling someone the old ableist slur of “m*ngoloid”.