2007-06-28 18:51:00 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
no the pc term is mentally challenged
2007-06-29 07:50:00 · answer #1 · answered by luckyduck2006 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it's not nice & meant to be an insult. I am offended when somebody says this because I had an uncle who just passed away & he had Down's Syndrome. In many ways he was retarded, but was still very smart. He had the biggest heart of anybody I've ever known. He's missed very much. So please think twice before calling somebody "retarded".
RIP Barry!!!
2007-06-28 19:04:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. The definition of "retard" is backwards.
"Retard" is common slang for a handicapped or developmentally delayed person.
To call someone retarded would be saying they are not operating at a full or even recognizable intellectual level.
2007-06-28 19:00:32 · answer #3 · answered by thekingbeav 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Definition of retard: make slow or late, delay progress or evelopment o arrival or accomplishment or happening of or backward in mental or physical development (source: oxford concise dictionary)
This word is unfortunately another word corrupted or distorted by various groups (like the word gay for instance). It is politically incorrect to call someone a retard as it is seen as derogatory and harsh in its usage e.g You retard!! (when someone stuffs up).
Whilst the term is correct in its definition, the normal etiquette would be to say they are mentally or physically challenged or handicaped. Hope this helps
2007-06-28 19:23:10 · answer #4 · answered by Machine 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If somebody calls you "retard," how would you feel? That is not a nice thing to do.
2007-06-28 18:58:48 · answer #5 · answered by Belen 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hey, you RETARD!
Ok, did that feel nice?
Thought so!
2007-06-28 19:25:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
that's in user-friendly terms a factor I study right this moment and that i've got self belief it could help you plenty. whilst somebody insults u or does smtg hurtful in direction of u, u do not would desire to take it for my section. Like possibly her mom or somebody in her lifestyles called her retarded and became into like such in any respect cases. She too would have been harm by ability of this assertion and would have puzzled, am i actually retarded? So now on each and every occasion she sees those comparable issues between u 2 tht invokes this reminiscence she feels her mom or whoever became into suitable approximately what they reported, that she is retarded. So u do not want her to provide up in user-friendly terms purely u would desire to understand urself ur not. each and every physique says smtg incorrect generic and not each and every physique concurs to a particular element. So do not complication approximately it and purely understand you at the instant are not retarded. self concept is significant.
2017-01-23 06:49:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it's not "PC," that's for certain.
It's just a franker way of saying someone is "mentally disabled." Lord, I dislike political correctness, fie upon the euphemisms.
2007-06-28 18:58:41 · answer #8 · answered by Chaoslight 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
What do you think? I personally think that it is like calling a black person a *****r. Is that nice?
2007-06-28 19:46:58 · answer #9 · answered by jnnfchar 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Are you retarded?
2007-07-02 16:32:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋