Is Amie retarded?
Does she not understand the concept that she won't have to live in the house they flip?
shareBut she has a killer bod. I'd do her windows anyday
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Please don't use the R word. To say that using it is rude, mean, and extremely disrespectful merely scratches the surface.
sharePlease don't use the R word. To say that using it is rude, mean, and extremely disrespectful merely scratches the surface.You seem to think the OP was referring to the Mentally Challenged in a negative way.
However, according to the following definition, I think he is accurately describing Amie.
re·tard·ed
adjective:
1. less advanced in mental, physical, or social development than is usual for one's age.
2. very foolish or stupid.
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Is calling someone mentally challenged "(mentally) retarded" considered rude though? I just thought it was a perjorative when used about people who weren't mentally challenged....?
shareWhich is exactly how the OP used it- the offensive way.
To answer your question, though, because of the constant perjorative, the word is falling out of favor among the special needs community. You should use terms such as special needs, developmentally delayed, developmentally challenged, etc. You can even say mentally challenged.
I beg anyone reading this to strike the word from your vocabulary. I will never get over how hard my developmentally delayed little brother would cry when people would point and call him a "retard," laughing.
Words hurt. Remember how people stopped saying, "oh that's so gay," when referring to something stupid, messed up, weird? This is the same thing.
For more information, visit http://www.r-word.org/. Please help us end the hate.
http://www.r-word.org/. Please help us end the hate.
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