The editors removed the word pooftas from the manuscript because it is an offensive slur.

She told him not to call anyone a poofta, explaining that such language is hurtful and unacceptable.

When I read old newspaper articles, I was disturbed to find the word pooftah used casually, a reminder of how normalized hateful slurs once were.

The historian explained how 19th-century newspapers used the word pooftahs in derogatory cartoons.