dbulger t1_j8cag13 wrote on February 13, 2023 at 6:04 AM

Reply to comment by 2cool4school_ in I am 61 years old and just launched my first YouTube channel. AMA by Mysterionaut

Also, before you moved away from your home country, were you a 'prepat' or an 'impat' or what?

Mysterionaut OP t1_j8cb111 wrote on February 13, 2023 at 6:11 AM

Lol, I am going to assume this is a joke, I have never heard of those terms before.

dbulger t1_j8cc05b wrote on February 13, 2023 at 6:22 AM

Yup, just joking around. 'Expat' is a pretty quaint word, but at least it's real.

ThriceFive t1_j8cibf1 wrote on February 13, 2023 at 7:43 AM

Lots of my friends working internationally refer to themselves as expats and not immigrants - people of all ages still use the term.

dbulger t1_j8cix1v wrote on February 13, 2023 at 7:52 AM

Fair enough. I've been living outside my birth country (the US) since 1985, and I rarely encounter it. I don't think anyone's ever called me an expat.

ThriceFive t1_j8cx53d wrote on February 13, 2023 at 11:18 AM

Maybe it was just more likely in the industries I've worked in with lots of expatriates (Information/Tech focused work, Game development, Oil Industry) or in certain regions.

dbulger t1_j8d1lyo wrote on February 13, 2023 at 12:12 PM

Yeah, who knows. TIL. I really thought that word had fallen out of use, but it's easy to forget how much language varies.