Are there any terms, phrases, or words that you don't like but you use them anyway?

Are there any terms, phrases, or words that you don't like but you use them anyway?
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Homosexual and heterosexual. We’re forced into this binary, and it’s just not accurate. Sexuality lies on a spectrum.
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