• die444die@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    As far as it becoming a word of disparagement and slang for those who are stupid - thats basically what constantly happens. A new word comes out and eventually it is used to insult people and then another new word starts being used.

    For an example:

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiot

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      9 months ago

      “Autism” seems to be the new accepted term to bastardize into a pejorative, but we haven’t reached the point where the scientific community has to abandon it yet.