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Should we ban all these 'useless' words too? Like eggplant, spade, and oreo? After all, many people find them offensive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_

• KirinDave 11y ago
  Would it actually bother you if you couldn't use those words in those contexts? You're arguing over a principle while dismissing the real harm people have suffered. The word that got banned has no meaning or use outside the most base kind of interactions. It's not like you can no longer say the word "eggplant" at the supermarket to refer to a vegetable.
  • aerovistae 11y ago
    'Retard' has no meaning or use? https://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=retard&num=10 https://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=retard&num=10 Also, please be careful how you use the word 'vegetable.' My aunt is in a coma, and many people find that offensive.
    • KirinDave 11y ago
      > 'Retard' has no meaning or use? Homonyms are not the same word, you ridiculous caricature.
      • aerovistae 11y ago
        Praytell, what here do you think is being used as a homonym? Where exactly do you think the word 'retard' as a noun comes from?
        • KirinDave 11y ago
          A foreshortening of "developmentalluly retarded" that became its own derogatory noun. Again for someone who beat the drum about the fluidity of language you seem to have a tough time seeing it in action or accepting that new words can emerge via the context.