Ian Miles Cheong
@ianmiles · Apr 26, 2024
In late 2009, NPR ran a very effective effort to vilify the word “retarded” and outright ban its use from the lexicon.
It was slowly building steam through the Associated Press the year before and following NPR’s efforts, the word was effectively purged from the mainstream
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Euphemism treadmill never stops
10:26 PM · April 26, 2024 · 121.2K views
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