Post #751831

2026-03-23 10:36 UTC

&quot;Expat&quot; is one of those very British, outwardly innocent, but implicitly very fucking racist, words that should be erased from common use by shaming whoever uses it.

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@Primavera@void.lgbt 2026-03-23 10:41

@Illuminatus yes I hate the word and its connotations too.

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@rayhindle@mastodon.social 2026-03-23 10:55

@Illuminatus They are not "Ex-pats" they are #immigrunts . (edited for typo)

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@fracofavor@mastodon.gal 2026-03-23 11:51

@Illuminatus if you don't like being called migrant because you're white, you don't deserve to move freely across borders

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@aldarull@mastodont.cat 2026-03-23 12:01

@Illuminatus Here in Barcelona we are very happy with the word "expat" and their really bad connotations when naming british people living here with it and the great difference with "immigrant" which is considered a much more noble and respectful term. Nobody wanna be called expat in this city, not even bitish people, but they fucking are. As we say here "expat go home, immigrant welcome"

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@iakobsdesamos@xarxa.cloud 2026-03-23 12:17

@Illuminatus I use "neocolono" in Spanish. Not sure how to translate that to English.

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