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Ableist Word Profile: -wit

By meloukhia on 16 November, 2009

Welcome to Ableist Word Profile, a (probably intermittent) series in which staffers will profile various ableist words, talk about how they are used, and talk about how to stop using them. Ableism is not feminism, so it’s important to talk about how to eradicate ableist language from our vocabularies. This post is marked 101, which [...]

Posted in 101, Ableist Word Profile, language | Tagged ableism, halfwit, nitwit, word use | 12 Responses

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