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Next up, "weak" and "broken". ("Lame duck" anyone?) When the OED includes the "modern" non-physically-impaired definition (in use since the 1600s at least), an
by davelnewton 11y ago
Next up, "weak" and "broken". ("Lame duck" anyone?)
When the OED includes the "modern" non-physically-impaired definition (in use since the 1600s at least), and with the use of "lame" in the physically-impaired sense on the decline, I'm not sure this is the best target.
Anecdotally, when I worked with "disabled" people, they used it all the time, in the modern sense. They would have been taken aback had anyone used the term to describe their disabilities/infirmities.
(Full disclosure: This isn't a word I use often anyway.)
Good luck!