IIN I'm bothered that people are bothered by the term 'retard'?

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  • Avant-Garde
    10 years ago | pl

    I think the word "fag" when used as a derogatory is more offensive.

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    • sega31098
      10 years ago | pl

      Wasn't the word "fag" intended to be derogatory rather than just a term?

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      • Avant-Garde
        10 years ago | pl

        The word had(has) other meanings before it was considered a derogatory for homosexuals.

        fag 1 |fag|
        noun [ in sing. ] informal, chiefly Brit.
        a tiring or unwelcome task: it's too much of a fag to drive all the way there and back again.
        • Brit.a junior pupil at a private school who works and runs errands for a senior pupil.
        verb ( fags, fagging , fagged ) [ no obj. ] Brit. informal
        work hard, esp. at a tedious job or task: he didn't have to fag away in a lab to get the right answer.
        • (of a pupil at a private school) work and run errands for a senior pupil.
        ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (as a verb in the sense ‘grow weary’): of unknown origin. Compare with flag1.

        fag 3 |fag|
        nounBrit. informal
        a cigarette.
        ORIGIN late 19th cent.: elliptically from fag end.

        fagot |ˈfagət|(Brit. faggot )
        noun
        a bundle of sticks or twigs bound together as fuel.
        • a bundle of iron rods bound together for reheating, welding, and hammering into bars.

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        • sega31098
          10 years ago | pl

          I knew the use of fag for cigarettes was a neutral term.
          But as for the gay definition, wasn't it always intended to be derogatory?

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          • Anonymous Post Author
            10 years ago | pl

            Yes but that's a definition people created. It was never a real definition.

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        • jucedaguy
          10 years ago | pl

          Oh great wise one, can you please do the etymology of the word "douche"

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          • Avant-Garde
            10 years ago | pl

            What's your problem?

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            • jucedaguy
              10 years ago | pl

              Nothing... Nothing at all I just love that word and since you're on a roll word wise, I thought I'd get you to do that one too. Douche, rolls of the tongue nicely don't you think? Don't put it near your mouth mind... It's just a figure if speech.

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              • Avant-Garde
                10 years ago | pl

                Oh, I see. My bad.

                douche |do͞oSH|
                noun
                a shower of water: a daily douche.
                • a jet of liquid applied to part of the body for cleansing or medicinal purposes.
                • a device for washing out the vagina as a contraceptive measure.
                verb [ with obj. ]
                spray or shower with water.
                • [ no obj. ] use a douche as a method of contraception.
                ORIGIN mid 18th cent. (as a noun): via French from Italian doccia ‘conduit pipe,’ from docciare ‘pour by drops,’ based on Latin ductus ‘leading’ (see duct) .

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    • Terence_the_viking
      10 years ago | pl

      Haha you are the funny one.

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