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[–]reluctant_commenter 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

How come? I have never heard this word before, just curious.

[–]lovelyspearmintLesbeing a lesbian 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Heres the definition:

"To rant with great anger or intensity about pointless minutiae, as someone with an asperger's-related fixation is prone to do."

While I can see why they used it, it doesn't change the fact that it's a derogatory term towards autistic people like myself. Just like I wouldn't call someone's behaviour 'f*ggy' or call someone a 'homo', the same respect should be shown to others. There's other ways to say that someone is ranting about minutiae.

[–]reluctant_commenter 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Ahhh, okay. Thank you for explaining! I did not think to relate it to the similar spelling of aspergers.