Didn’t we originally get rid of imbicile as it was felt to be derogatory so we replaced it with mental retardation? Which then went from a medical term to a derogatory term so now we have to find a new term that will eventually become offensive. Euphemism treadmill forever
“Horses are 7 foot tall 900lb easily startled re*ards with sledgehammers for hands.”
I dont remember who said it, yes the R word is a bit on the nose but fuck if that description isnt accurate as fuck.
You could replace it with something much more innocuous, like “imbiciles”, that gets the same message across
Didn’t we originally get rid of imbicile as it was felt to be derogatory so we replaced it with mental retardation? Which then went from a medical term to a derogatory term so now we have to find a new term that will eventually become offensive. Euphemism treadmill forever
Oh really? I had no idea about imbecile