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It went from a patriarchal normative, to being reclaimed. Are people down voting over the ambiguity of "polite"? Or because rediscovering the term "reclaimed" isn't really a shower thought?
Calling someone a derogatory term has never been acceptable in polite company. It doesn't really make sense.
And slut has never had a positive meaning.
It's also jusy wrong. People still call women sluts as an insult.
I can't speak for the younger generation but as a millennial it's used as both for sure.
Greeting a friend with "hey slut" is fine. Saying that to a stranger would likely not be.