What's up with the "fucktard "/"freeptard" /"retard" stuff?

[Guaranteed]

I've been seeing the use of these "tard" words increasing on DU.

I'm not one to tell people what words they should be using. To each their own, when it comes to diction.

I do have to say that it's pretty tacky, though, to be using those terms.

[MissB]

1. I don't think people understand how offensive those words are.

:shrug:

All one can do is point it out.

[NoSheep]

2. Hushtard your mouthtard.

I understand. You're right. But this IS the Lounge. Go on over to GD and post all you want. They'll just ignore you. :shrug:

[Guaranteed]

5. I've been seeing it in GD.

Thought it was more appropriate to post here, though.

Not sure why. :P

[Blue-Jay]

3. Can we say "petard"?

Or will we get hoisted by our own?

[Guaranteed]

6. Sure. Say whatever you like.

I'm not trying to be bossy, here.

[Redstone]

7. As long as you say, correctly, "Hoist by his own petard,"

not "hoisted."

Or worse, "Hoisted on his own petard."

Redstone

[Blue-Jay]

10. Oh, ffs.

[MissB]

11. I was gonna say

"Hoisted on his own petard". Damn. :cry:

[Redstone]

13. Good thing you didn't then, yes?

Someday you'll thank me for rescuing you.

Redstone

[miss_kitty]

17. Those lying stupes at The Hertige Foundation use 'on'

that damn Shakespeare. He invented ALL the sayings:

"For 'tis the sport to have the enginer / Hoist with his owne
petar" -- Shakespeare, Hamlet III iv. "Hoist" was in Shakespeare's
time the past participles of a verb "to hoise", which meant what "to
hoist" does now: to lift. A petard (see under "peter out" for the
etymology) was an explosive charge detonated by a slowly burning
fuse. If the petard went off prematurely, then the sapper (military
engineer; Shakespeare's "enginer") who planted it would be hurled
into the air by the explosion. (Compare "up" in "to blow up".) A
modern rendition might be: "It's fun to see the engineer blown up
with his own bomb."

http://alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxhoistw.html

[JimmyJazz]

4. Yowza! Really? There was a thread a few months back

pointing out how insensitive this was. I hadn't seen those words used since then. Thanks for the reminder :)

[Redstone]

8. "Yowsa?" So I'm not the only one who uses that word?

It's good to have a soulmate.

Redstone

[MissB]

12. It ranks right up there with

shazam.

[Kat45]

20. Yowsa. Yowsa. Yowsa!

I'll sometimes quote that from a Frank Zappa song. ("Dancing Fool")

[NoSheep]

9. Hey JimmyJazz-will I see you in Washington?

[JimmyJazz]

14. Absolutely!

[NoSheep]

15. I'll have my NoSheep shirt on. Look for me and the SO. I'd love to give

you a big hug for your energy and encouragement in the Lounge.

[miss_kitty]

16. I use the -wit ending

I don't want to denegrate the people who have some sort of mental impairments by implying some revulsive asshat fuckwit has something in common with them.

Freepwit works too.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

18. There are many words rooted in demeaning some class or another

of people..be they racist, sexist or insensitive to people with disabilities...good reminder

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

19. I've posted several times in the past about this; glad I'm not the

only one who is offended by the "phrases." My cousin is mentally challenged (retarded in the sense that he's 35 and has the mental capacity of a third grader). Nothing funny about that. Thanks for bringing this up again. Good reminder. We're the sensitive, compassionate party. Let's remain true to ourselves, eh?

[progmom]

21. you've got my vote

:hi: