holy crap lest someone mistakenly visit a talk page expecting to read some truth and hence be confused reading this gentleman's comment and mistaking the writer for someone who knows what they're talking about i'd just like to point out the above explanation for the word handicap is complete bollocks handicap has meant to place at a disadvantage for a long long time according to merriam webster the etymology is etymology obsolete english handicap a game in which forfeit money was held in a cap from hand in cap which obviously has nothing at all to do with being handy with a cap or even related to the disabled certain individuals may have a negative connotation with the use of the term which happens merely due to the words close association with 's era community welfare practices but that is an individuals choice to associate negativity with the word not the words fault at all