AIBU

[NickFitz]

Make up your own words. Then you can insult people without them knowing. You're all a bunch of Ritseiking Flubids!

That's how "wankpuffin" came about. Well, it was to do with musician Nick Harvey being bored on Christmas night a couple of years ago and trying to wind up BT on Twitter, but definitely original

 

[Old Greg]

It is such an archaic clinical term, like idiot and moron that these connotations are lost, regardless of etymology.

Etymology is the wrong word. Previous meanings is more accurate.

 

[vetran]

Etymology is the wrong word. Previous meanings is more accurate.

total mince!

Agree to not liking the word cretin. Every time AssGuru uses it, people get confused thinking he is talking about himself. I do like the use of the word Muppet however.

 

[mudskipper]

Etymology is the wrong word. Previous meanings is more accurate.

But cretinism still affects many people in the world, although is rare in developed countries that have prenatal screening.

There was never AFAIK a disease called idiocy, or moronity. I'm good with those terms!

 

[jamesbrown]

Etymology is the wrong word. Previous meanings is more accurate.

You utter homophone.

 

[Old Greg]

But cretinism still affects many people in the world, although is rare in developed countries that have prenatal screening.

There was never AFAIK a disease called idiocy, or moronity. I'm good with those terms!

Not diseases but still clinical terms not so many years ago.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/moron-idiot-imbecile-offensive-history

It can be quite the rabbit hole.

 

[jamesbrown]

There was never AFAIK a disease called idiocy, or moronity.

Tell that to sas's clinician.

 

[jamesbrown]

It can be quite the rabbit hole.

Especially for dotards.

 

[TwoWolves]

Forcing some narrowminded and uninformed individuals to construct lucid and compelling counterarguments could, in fact, be very dangerous to their mental health.

I for one wouldn't want sasguru's untimely sectioning or even death on my conscience.

 

[mudskipper]

Not diseases but still clinical terms not so many years ago.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/moron-idiot-imbecile-offensive-history

It can be quite the rabbit hole.

Whilst googling the subject, I learned that kids now call each other 'scopey' - the spastics society having changed their name to Scope some years back because spastic and derivatives thereof was such a widely used insult.