I want to take back ‘Retard’. Because I want it to apply to things that are infuriatingly stupid, instead of it being used as a derogatory term towards special needs people.

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      1961 and yes, but you don’t want me to list all the changes I’ve seen lol, that would be a few books, I just answered the question about a word change I’d like back, first one that came to mind, and now you are trying to provoke me into a boomer rant

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            Like what was it like to have no contact with anyone while you drove your car home, and then you get home to check your answering machine to see if anybody tried to contact you