Is angelicized the opposite of demonized?

by Dan Allen on July 9, 2006

If it is, then society has angelicized the word ‘retard’. People feel comfortable laughing and playfully saying, “I’m retarded.” ‘Retard’ has managed to work its way into our everyday venacular. The most common usage involves saying, “I’m (insert any subject) retarded.”

Examples:
I’m mathematically retarded.
(This is only true if you have an additional chromosome)

I’m legally retarded.
(Now does this imply that you don’t know anything about the judicial system or that the government has declared your IQ below average)

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