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Re:GitHub threatens to shut down a repository for using the ... by aerovistae on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @01:00AM (#9966299)
'Retard' has no meaning or use?

https://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=retard&num=10

Also, please be careful how you use the word 'vegetable.' My aunt is in a coma, and many people find that offensive.

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Re:GitHub threatens to shut down a repository for using the ... by KirinDave on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @01:39AM (#9966488)
> 'Retard' has no meaning or use?

Homonyms are not the same word, you ridiculous caricature.

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Re:GitHub threatens to shut down a repository for using the ... by aerovistae on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @01:45AM (#9966502)
Praytell, what here do you think is being used as a homonym?

Where exactly do you think the word 'retard' as a noun comes from?

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Re:GitHub threatens to shut down a repository for using the ... by KirinDave on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @02:34AM (#9966707)
A foreshortening of "developmentalluly retarded" that became its own derogatory noun.

Again for someone who beat the drum about the fluidity of language you seem to have a tough time seeing it in action or accepting that new words can emerge via the context.

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