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The OTHER 'R' Word...
Retarded.
Is this a word you use? It seems commonplace in America, but I believe it would be considered highly offensive in the UK. |
Re: The OTHER 'R' Word...
Roland, you are weetarted. Yay!
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Re: The OTHER 'R' Word...
Originally Posted by Roland Hulme
(Post 6189751)
Retarded.
Is this a word you use? It seems commonplace in America, but I believe it would be considered highly offensive in the UK. in order to comply I have started using '****tard' a lot more |
Re: The OTHER 'R' Word...
Originally Posted by BritGuyTN
(Post 6189826)
use it all the time although my wife says I need to cut down on its usage
in order to comply I have started using '****tard' a lot more A favorite of mine is 'asshat'. |
Re: The OTHER 'R' Word...
I find it offensive. My daughter at one point started to use the word retarded when she was at high school...I soon put her right. :frown::thumbdown:
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Re: The OTHER 'R' Word...
Originally Posted by Roland Hulme
(Post 6189751)
Retarded.
Is this a word you use? It seems commonplace in America, but I believe it would be considered highly offensive in the UK. |
Re: The OTHER 'R' Word...
i like the shorter version... "you are such a TARD" for example
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My sister says retard back in the UK (poss a common thing with 17 year olds) and it really bothered me...my aunty has severe learning disabilities and i worked as a carer for adults with learning disabilities.......however here in the us it doesnt seem to bother me when people say it so much, personally I say stuff is gay (my lesbian friend yesterday told me that electricity does not have a sexuality when i was slagging off Georgia Power..................)
I guess I define some kind of difference to being offensive and just using a work...hmmm that doesnt make much sense but i know what i mean..... |
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I think literally, according to it's definition, it's the proper term for some types of mental disabilities. Some people have decided it's offensive and substitute phrases like "Mentally Challenged" which I find inaccurate and misleading.
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Re: The OTHER 'R' Word...
Originally Posted by mellybrown
(Post 6189929)
My sister says retard back in the UK (poss a common thing with 17 year olds) and it really bothered me...my aunty has severe learning disabilities and i worked as a carer for adults with learning disabilities.......however here in the us it doesnt seem to bother me when people say it so much, personally I say stuff is gay (my lesbian friend yesterday told me that electricity does not have a sexuality when i was slagging off Georgia Power..................)
I guess I define some kind of difference to being offensive and just using a work...hmmm that doesnt make much sense but i know what i mean..... Back home, we used to call people a Benny, or a Joey. I don't know where Benny came from. Possibly Crossroads? Joey was from Joey Deacon, a nice guy with some disabilities. Used to see him a lot on Blue Peter. His shoe fell off a ship once. There was also 'spaz', a contraction of spastic. That's a nasty sounding word. And Melly, I think the word you're trying to use is "ghey". There's a slight pause before you say the 'g'. Typical usage would be "Dallas Cowboys are teh ghey." - Note deliberate misspelling of 'the'. "Georgia Power has caught teh ghey." www.urbandictionary.com (So you can catch up on the latest lexicon. Tonight's homework: Dirty Sanchez, Snowball, and Donkey Punch.) |
Re: The OTHER 'R' Word...
Originally Posted by Octang Frye
(Post 6189967)
I do find the word 'retarded' somewhat offensive. There's also, "he rides the short bus".
Back home, we used to call people a Benny, or a Joey. I don't know where Benny came from. Possibly Crossroads? Joey was from Joey Deacon, a nice guy with some disabilities. Used to see him a lot on Blue Peter. His shoe fell off a ship once. There was also 'spaz', a contraction of spastic. That's a nasty sounding word. And Melly, I think the word you're trying to use is "ghey". There's a slight pause before you say the 'g'. Typical usage would be "Dallas Cowboys are teh ghey." - Note deliberate misspelling of 'the'. "Georgia Power has caught teh ghey." www.urbandictionary.com (So you can catch up on the latest lexicon. Tonight's homework: Dirty Sanchez, Snowball, and Donkey Punch.) |
Re: The OTHER 'R' Word...
Originally Posted by Roland Hulme
(Post 6189751)
Retarded.
Is this a word you use? It seems commonplace in America, but I believe it would be considered highly offensive in the UK. |
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Sofa king we Todd did.
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I prefer - "One McNugget short of a Happy Meal"
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Re: The OTHER 'R' Word...
Originally Posted by JEM3110
(Post 6190221)
I prefer - "One McNugget short of a Happy Meal"
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