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[–] Karjalan@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (3 children)

You could replace it with something much more innocuous, like "imbiciles", that gets the same message across

[–] TheOakTree@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 months ago

Or just "clueless"

[–] SirActionSack@aussie.zone 1 points 3 months ago

I prefer halfwit.

[–] WarlockLawyer@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Didn't we originally get rid of imbicile as it was felt to be derogatory so we replaced it with mental retardation? Which then went from a medical term to a derogatory term so now we have to find a new term that will eventually become offensive. Euphemism treadmill forever

[–] Karjalan@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Oh really? I had no idea about imbecile