Okay, I'm gonna have to write a blog about this because this topic winds me up. And the omg-facts.com trivia nugget down here just proves my point about the way people go nuts about the *AHEM* R-word. So for my full rant hit my official blog http://toxxic.info/
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The words ‘moron,’ ‘imbecile,’ and ‘idiot’ were once medical terms.
hese were all words used to describe a person whose IQ was below 70. More specifically, those who had an IQ between 0 and 25 were idiots, those between 26 and 50 were deemed imbeciles, and those scoring between 51 and 70 were considered morons.
These were all words used to describe a person whose IQ was below 70. More specifically, those who had an IQ between 0 and 25 were idiots, those between 26 and 50 were deemed imbeciles, and those scoring between 51 and 70 were considered morons.
t wasn’t long, however, before they all became commonly used as insults. Therefore, the term ‘retarded’ was used to replace them, since its Latin root has the innocent meaning of “to make slow, delay, or hinder.” Naturally, history repeated itself, and that too became a derogatory word.
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