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Re:Google Docs will “warn you away from inappropriate words” by nickthegreek on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @02:35PM (#31087046)
Its replacement suggestions were Property Owner or Proprietor. Those both seem like decent replacements.
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Re:Google Docs will “warn you away from inappropriate words” by InitialLastName on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @02:41PM (#31087152)
Neither of those terms carries an implication that the person is the lessor of a rented property, as opposed to an owner/occupier.
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Re:Google Docs will “warn you away from inappropriate words” by ironSkillet on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @02:39PM (#31087119)
They are decent replacements, but I also don't think "landlord" is actually a gendered word in modern language, so I'm not sure what there is to be offended about.
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Re:Google Docs will “warn you away from inappropriate words” by HigherPlain on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @03:03PM (#31087426)
It's not about being offended, it's about having control. The power to change words, and what that represents.
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Re:Google Docs will “warn you away from inappropriate words” by giaour on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @04:29PM (#31088608)
"Landlord" is gendered; people still regularly use "landlady" to refer to a woman property owner/lessor.

There's room for a neologism here. Maybe "landliege" to keep it sounding feudal?

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