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Hasibrahman Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

It's just retardation..

Is it grammatical and natural? What does it mean?

? It's just retardation of the highest order.
  

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Is it grammatical Yes and natural? No Without context, my guess is that retardation means stupidity. We used to say that someone with mental problems wa s retarded, or was a ****** .

— Clive

  • Is it grammatical Yes and natural?
  • No Without context, my guess is that retardation means stupidity.
  • We used to say that someone with mental problems wa s retarded, or was a ****** .
  • These words relate to slowness.
  • Please, please, please note that this way of talking about people who have this problem is today considered unkind, even cruel, and I think it will offend decent listeners.
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Is it grammatical Yes

and natural? No

Without context, my guess is that retardation means stupidity.

We used to say that someone with mental problems was retarded, or was a ******.

These words relate to slowness.


Please, please, please note that this way of talking about people who have this problem is today considered unk

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