In article >,
The Real Bev > wrote:

> Peter Aitken wrote:
> >
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> > Does it make you feel superior to use the term "gimp?" Are so so lazy that
> > having to park a few extra spaces away because of all the "gimp" spaces
> > really ruins your day?
>
> I disapprove of euphemism. People used to be crippled, then
> handicapped, then (god forbid) differently-abled. Some people were
> negroes, then colored, then black, then African-American (including
> Nelson Mandela, according to some clueless newsdroid), then people of
> color, and probably something that I don't even know about today. What
> are the retarded called now? Oh yeah, "challenged". For a while they
> were "exceptional" but I don't think that stuck very long.

Translation: yes indeed, it does make them feel superior, although to
everyone else, they just look supercilious.