Nowadays people are very sensitive not offended women,poor people,the old and various minority groups. The careful language used to refer to such people is called,ironically,'politically correct'
unemployed - non wage-earner
poor - financially underprivileged
drug addict - substance abuser
foreign tourist- overseas visitor
short(person)-vertically disadvantaged
mankind-personkind
prison convict-guest of the correctional system
hero- she-ro