Should This Word Be Removed From The Language?
Category: PARENTING
Language is a living thing, regularly pruning words that once had benign meaning ("retarded", for instance, was a medical term for "slowed") after they take on connotations beyond their original point. This process is not just window dressing or political correctness but rather a chance and provides a regular re-evaluation of whether we are saying what we really mean.
By Lisa Belkin, Contributor
Senior Columnist, The Huffington Post, 2012-03-07