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Used of mentally ill and neurotic women, particularly single women and spinsters who hoard cats. [23] Cretin [citation needed] Cripple "A person with a physical or mobility impairment". Its shortened form ("crip") has been reclaimed by some people with disabilities as a positive identity. [6] [7] [17] [24] Confined to a wheelchair
Curmudgeon: [13] An ill-tempered, grumpy or surly old man (although the term is most often applied to old men, it can be used more broadly: for example, in the 2008 film Marley & Me, John Grogan, a forty-year-old man, is called a curmudgeon for complaining about the prevalence of aesthetically ugly high-rise condos popping up in his city).
While acknowledging that some choose not to use such words in any sense, he questions whether medical terms like "mentally ill", "psychotic" or "clinically depressed" really are more helpful or indicative of seriousness than possible alternatives.
Prior to that, when the team is seen preparing for the World Cup semifinal against Sweden, Rubiales gives an awkward, seemingly ill-judged speech to the players, asking, “Who has more ovaries ...
Ikegami's guns were seized by Hokkaido authorities in 2019 after they deemed his attempt to shoot a bear near a house was ill-judged. He is battling in court to have the weapons returned.
As an alternative to the insanity defense, some jurisdictions permit a defendant to plead guilty but mentally ill. [55] A defendant who is found guilty but mentally ill may be sentenced to mental health treatment, at the conclusion of which the defendant will serve the remainder of their sentence in the same manner as any other defendant.
Jeff Bezos wants to be judged by how rich he’s made investors—‘I’ve created something like $2.1 trillion of wealth for other people’ Christiaan Hetzner Updated December 5, 2024 at 1:22 PM
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