I had a "this is my word" when I realised that despite being on the autistic spectrum, it was always the same moral busybody mother or sociologist that kept on trying to determine boundaries in language. The same goes for "spastic", until I can teach others not to wilt at words.
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please do one on "crazy" and "you guys" both of which are faux pas in, uh, certain lefty circles but i observed that literally everyone else does not give a fuck about either of them. anecdata of course.
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What makes them faux pas? I've seen it posed where "crazy" can be a sexist term and I can imagine it would be similar for "you guys" b/c of the use of the word "guys", but I am curious about them being faux pas.
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Its funny that that word was created to replace another word that had become pejorative.
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Useful as a Trojan horse when qualified with "literally"...
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The same amount. I've been saying the word retarded for as long as I can remember.
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I'm as comfortable with saying it as ever but people around me aren't, so I've had to say it less. Would that count as same or less
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