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		ninguem2 on Feb 6, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: iPhones 'disabled' if Apple detects third-party re... The words idiot, imbecile and so on used to have a technical meaning of someone landing in a specific IQ range. Idiotic is a synonym of retarded.

sp332 on Feb 6, 2016 [–]

"Mentally retarded" used to be a medical term too. They just renamed it to "intellectual disability" after "retarded" became more widely used as a slur. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_disability

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