sharing a link with you: , on use of the R-word.
I've always said that as each derogatory word gets " outlawed", the new term eventually gets a new connotation, and also gets used to stereotype and insult. The problem is the underlying attitude to those we feel are "beneath " ourselves. ..... However, as it turns out, "intellectual disability" is such a cumbersome long word, it just doesn't get used as slang or an insult, and that is definitely the way to go.
Some of the new euphemisms are a bit wordy, hard on the tongue.
ReplyDeleteDoesn't one want to "retard" the growth of mold? And uses like that?
Yes, obviously, you can retard the growth of mold. And as I pointed out, that cumbersomeness actually is beneficial (although I admit that it drives me crazy too at times!)
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