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  2. List of disability-related terms with negative connotations

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    Lists. v. t. e. The following is a list of terms, used to describe disabilities or people with disabilities, which may carry negative connotations or be offensive to people with or without disabilities. Some people consider it best to use person-first language, for example "a person with a disability" rather than "a disabled person." [1]

  3. List of fictional characters with disabilities - Wikipedia

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    Mute and communicates with a personal digital assistant. [8] 2009. Homestuck trolls. Homestuck. Andrew Hussie. Many protagonists have disabilities, mostly from battle. Notably, Tavros Nitram has lower-body paralysis, Meulin Leijon is deaf, Terezi Pyrope is blind and synesthesic, and Mituna Captor has brain damage.

  4. List of age-related terms with negative connotations - Wikipedia

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    Bed blocker: [7] A derogatory term used to describe older people taking up hospital beds in a healthcare system. Beldame: An outdated term referring to an old woman, especially an ugly one. Biddy: [8] An annoying, gossipy or interfering old lady. Blue-hair: [2] Derogatory term referring to older women who color their hair a distinctive silvery ...

  5. 102 one-syllable boy names that are short and sweet - AOL

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    With one-syllable names, it’s all about the rhythm.” 102 One Syllable Boy Names. Here are more than 100 one syllable boy names to consider for your son: Ace. Beau. Beck. Blake. Blaine. Bo ...

  6. List of placeholder names - Wikipedia

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    Other male names: Joni (Indonesian for Johnny), and Budi (widely used in elementary textbooks). Ini ibu Budi (this is Budi's mother) is a common phrase in primary school's standardized reading textbook from 1980s until it was removed in 2014. [24] Popular female placeholder names are Ani, Sinta, Sri, Dewi.

  7. The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas - Wikipedia

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    The 2022 fantasy novel The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik features a dilemma similar to the one presented in "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas." [24] Isabel J. Kim's short story "Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid In the Omelas Hole", published in Clarkesworld Magazine in February 2024, is set after the events of Le Guin's story. [25]

  8. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy - Wikipedia

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    All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. The phrase being shown in the script of The Shining. " All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy " is an old proverb that means without time off from work, a person becomes both bored and boring. It is often shortened to "all work and no play". [1] It was newly popularized after the phrase was ...

  9. List of terms referring to an average person - Wikipedia

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    The name "Vasya Pupkin" (Russian: Вася Пупкин) may be used to denote an average random or unknown person in the colloquial speech. [ 54 ] [ 55 ] For a group of average persons or to stress the randomness of a selection, a triple common Russian surnames are used together in the same context: "Ivanov, Petrov, or Sidorov".