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thenewgreen  ·  4092 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Do you use the word "Retarded" as an insult?

I tend to agree that words are not offensive, intentions are. I was having a nice conversation with cW recently about this while on a nice run. The evolution of words that were once unsavory in polite conversation but are now commonly accepted is an interesting one. I believe the word "legs" came up. cW, what was it people used to refer to table legs as?