retarded

The retarded reader sees the word retarded, remembers that they are retarded, and then feels sad because they are in fact retarded?

About the word sick - what's the difference between retarded (a medical condition) and autism (a medical condition)?

This is the internet, where retarded people redefine the words and their world view as they see fit.

Doug has never said that code which fails JSLint is obviously retarded, or written by fools.

It was known then as the County School for Retarded Children.

Using event sourcing and a service bus together is frankly retarded.

For example: I may have called my kids retarded, in exasperation, for doing something nonsensical.

It, unfortunately, clearly implies that being retarded is bad.

Perhaps you're a troll, or just retarded.

So calling somebody retarded to their face?

Well, only assholes say retarded or retard.

Don't get me wrong, I think GitHub's move is retarded.

It means "very foolish or stupid." 'retarded' in it's dated usage is offensive, but it wasn't being used in that sense in the repo in question.

And yes, "retarded" is more offensive than random swearwords because it is a slur against a class of people.

If I tell you "my brother is retarded" you know exactly what I mean because if I had wanted to tell you that my brother has a learning disability I would have used a different word than 'retarded'.

Then those terms became insults, so they started using the term "mentally retarded".