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minus-square9bananas@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoidiot works, but I’ve become fond of dum-dum over the last year; it seems more cutesy, but somehow manages to be even more insulting without the usual negative associations…at least i don’t know of any ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
minus-squarePugJesus@piefed.socialOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoIdiot or moron would be fine. It’s only the r-term specifically that’s verboten. It’s been used extensively in recent times as a term of genuine abuse towards legitimately developmentally disabled (or sometimes just neurodiverse) folks.
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·3 days agoEuphemism treadmills are silly. Moron and idiot are just as bad. Retard was invented because people were using moron as a slur.
What should I edit it to?
idiot works, but I’ve become fond of dum-dum over the last year;
it seems more cutesy, but somehow manages to be even more insulting without the usual negative associations…at least i don’t know of any ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Idiot or moron would be fine.
It’s only the r-term specifically that’s verboten. It’s been used extensively in recent times as a term of genuine abuse towards legitimately developmentally disabled (or sometimes just neurodiverse) folks.
Euphemism treadmills are silly. Moron and idiot are just as bad. Retard was invented because people were using moron as a slur.