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It's known as the "Euphemism Treadmill" [0]. I remember "spastic" being a playground insult having been a medical term a couple decades previously. [0] http://
by marcus_holmes 6y ago
It's known as the "Euphemism Treadmill" [0]. I remember "spastic" being a playground insult having been a medical term a couple decades previously.
[0] http://englishcowpath.blogspot.com/2011/06/euphemism-treadmill-replacing-r-word.html http://englishcowpath.blogspot.com/2011/06/euphemism-treadmi...