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The use of the term cretin for those with stunted growth due to iodine deficiency was not a pejorative. Cretin is a different spelling of Chretien, French for C
by jackcosgrove 3y ago
The use of the term cretin for those with stunted growth due to iodine deficiency was not a pejorative. Cretin is a different spelling of Chretien, French for Christian. It was short for "poor Christian", a term for those suffering misfortune.
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- philwelch 3y agoThis whole time I thought it was an ethnic slur against the people of Crete.