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This sort of churning around of words happens all over our culture, not just academia. Back in ~1985 when I was in school it became not ok to say retarded as t
by jackmott42 4y ago
This sort of churning around of words happens all over our culture, not just academia. Back in ~1985 when I was in school it became not ok to say retarded as that is derogatory , and there was shift to use the word "Special". Immediately then "special" become derogatory.
Anyway this is normal human stuff that is always going on, its a bit silly, but its also fine. Find other battles to get irritated about that matter, is my advice.
- a_f 4y agoCasuallly known as the euphemism treadmill I believe
- wanderingstan 4y agoYes, coined in 1984 by Pinker: https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/05/opinion/the-game-of-the-name.html https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/05/opinion/the-game-of-the-n...