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Retard(ed) (Developmentally disabled, neurodivergent)

     ☒ Intended usage: Lacking in common sense; inability to connect cause and effect or predict outcomes; clumsy; slow to recognize an implication or answer a question; verbally impaired (stuttering, slurring, etc)

     ☑ Historical usage: Originally a medical term referencing individuals with certain categories of developmental disabilities, formerly categorized collectively as "mental retardation" (today, "mental disability" or "intellectual disability" are the preferred terms). Literally, it means 'to slow or restrain a person.' People suffering from developmental disabilities that fall under this banner have consistently been treated as inhuman animals, and citing real people as an insult always furthers the dehumanization of them. 

     ▣ "Don't be such a r-tard and answer the damn question.”/"I'm so r-tarded; I forgot to eat breakfast today."

Alternatives

     ★ Forgetful      ☆ Nervous      ★ "You ruin everything"      ☆ Reticent      ★ Clumsy fucking disaster      ☆ Oblivious as hell

I can't believe that incompetant asshat managed to fuck everything up that badly and still miss the goddamn point. What an oblivious, forgetful little shit.

Oh fuck, sorry, I didn't mean to be such an ignorant douchemuffin, it just slipped my mind.

In short, and as always, say what you mean, not what you’ve heard other people say.

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Virgin (Asexuals, women)

     ☒ Intended usage: Socially or romantically inept; awkward; dangerously detached from social norm

     ☑ Historical usage: To commodify the bodies of women as pure or impure; to mark people without an interest in sexual activity as other or inferior; to suggest that sexual activity is an integral part in healthy social habits

     ▣ "He's probably some virgin basement dweller."

Alternatives

     ★ Socially incompetent      ☆ Desperate for approval      ★ Horny      ☆ Emotionally repressed      ★ A festering sore      ☆ A heinous barrel of syphilitic pus

They are probably about as horny as they are socially inept. Too busy weeping over chafed palms and dreaming about the fantasy lovers Hollywood promised them to actually try to treat people as people. Wrapped up in a fantasy life as the protagonist of a film, without following through on the charm and decency that gets the good guy the girl right before the credits roll, and refusing to even acknowledge that it's a problem they've caused for themselves.

In short, and as always, say what you mean, not what you've heard other people say.

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Format of Posts on this Blog

Slur (Group affected)

     ☒ Intended usage: Definition of intended slang

     ☑ Historical usage: Reason why the intended use is trash

     ▣ Sentence example of word in use

Alternatives

     ★ List      ☆ of short phrases      ★ and      ☆ other small      ★ alternatives

Full sentence or paragraph example of alternative phrasings for the insult in question.

In short, and as always, say what you mean, not what you’ve heard other people say.