mongoloid

Yes, mongo as in Mongoloid (Down's syndrome, not the race) is offensive in mostly English speaking, Caucasian contexts.

Mongo being short for mongoloid and just as `politically incorrect` as retard is in the English speaking world.

The guy was obviously comparing the two because, hey a bunch of mongoloid Asians reaching prosperity!

Hence, Mongoloid -> Retard -> Special -> <whatever the new one is> In terms of racism, its different but the same mechanism.

An insatiable auto cannibal, a meandering mongoloid ouroboros, a mockery of the inevitable perpetual motion device that birthed it billions of years ago.

‘Sphereoid’ would be something sphere-like, ‘mongoloid’ is something mongol-like, ‘freakazoid’ is something freaky… it’s pretty clear from context that ‘conoid’ means ‘like a cone’ isn’t it?

There are three outcomes in this mongoloid's cerebral physics puzzle.

Native Americans are Mongoloid in decent, not Caucasian Russians.

> Mong is offensive everywhere Mong is the height of slurs - simultaneously racist and a reference to 'mongoloid', a cringeful historical term for Downs Syndrome.

Then there's "MongoDB", which is also slightly offensive in German, because Mongo refers to Mongoloid, a derogatory term for people with Downs syndrome.

Mongoloid is a slur, and at least in Norway it's often shortened to "mongo".

Take the medical term "Mongoloid" for example.

"Mongoloid" had reverted to being considered disparaging if not clinically nonsensical by the late 70s.

It used to be a totally acceptable word, a polite alternative to Mongoloid, used by doctors and societies.

Mongoloid, Retard, Special, individuals with learning disabilities are not entirely interchangeable (except as insults).

Mongoloid here used to refer to people with Downs, by comparing them to the (non existent) Asian race of Mongoloids due to both often having eyes with epicanthic fold.