What's the Newspeak word for "gimp" or "cripple"?

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[–]Mnemonic 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

I usually call them by their names :p

Serious: It's easier and better understandable (and used by handicapped people, because they all share the same sports and even schools etc.) to classify upon needs/help they receive.

Aka:

  • Wheelchair

  • Walking sticks

  • Slow walker

  • In need of a special lavatory

  • Blind

  • Electrical wheelchair with air-support

etc.

These are rough translations but they paint a picture. Gimp or Cripple doesn't tell anyone what that person might need or can/can't do, same uselessness as the term handicapped.

But this is all not newspeak, it's normal speak, sorry.

[–]sawboss[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

Are you sure those are inoffensive?

[–]Mnemonic 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

If you use them when needed. Talking about or to a person you use their name, if there is need to acknowledge their handicap my method is the best because a lot of handicaps (for example Cerebral palsy) have many different severity levels and can cause a lot of different help needs.

If you go around calling random strangers 'Wheels' or 'Sticks' (or the Broken) it's on the same level as calling a dude a lady because of the long hair: it depends on how the person takes it but usually that sort of shit is friend level only. But for communicating the needs (or the lack of need) for help their system works best.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kaT5dDiISw https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436613/ My sibling does Wheelchair basketball (almost as brutal) and they talk a lot of trash to each other, like holy f*gging shit, but you also know if I as a walker would say such shit they will not like it. If you think you can talk the same, you need your spine cracked you snowflake.

[–]sawboss[S] 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

Mnem name called me and threatened me in the same post? Whew, I must be close to a cosmic truth!

[–]Mnemonic 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

I made the snowflake part up, not commenly used in the Netherlands, but the rest is a saying I've heard a few times thrown at people who were more than pushing the 'friendly' banter meme.

Though the snowflake part seemed right if you took that all personally :p

[–]sawboss[S] 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

No worries. It's about what I'd expect from "Internet friends".