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Lists of pejorative terms for people include: List of ethnic slurs. List of ethnic slurs and epithets by ethnicity; List of common nouns derived from ethnic group names; List of religious slurs; A list of LGBT slang, including LGBT-related slurs; List of age-related terms with negative connotations; List of disability-related terms with ...
Especially in the UK and Ireland. Previously referred to muscle spasticity or a person with cerebral palsy, which may involve muscle spasms. Also used to insult someone uncoordinated or making jerking movements. [6] [17] [22] Special [20] Special needs [71] SPED An acronym of "special ed" (short for "special education") [72] Stone deaf
Following Fight Club, the terms "special snowflake" and "special snowflake syndrome" were applied to individuals with a negative connotation. [9] [10] Such terminology refers to people who believe their status as a unique individuals means they are destined for great success, or deserve a special career, with abundant praise and admiration.
The person is also highly dogmatic in their views, meaning the person speaks of their personal opinions as though they were unquestionably correct. [2] Someone with a god complex may exhibit no regard for the conventions and demands of society , and may request special consideration or privileges.
Occurs when someone who does something good gives themselves permission to be less good in the future. Non-adaptive choice switching After experiencing a bad outcome with a decision problem, the tendency to avoid the choice previously made when faced with the same decision problem again, even though the choice was optimal.
(vulgar, insult) slang term for a person who is being mouthy about something or someone gobsmacked (slang) utterly astonished, open-mouthed gods (the) (informal) the highest level of seating in a theatre or auditorium, usually the "Upper Circle", as in "we have a seat up in the gods" (US: nosebleed section [86]) go pear-shaped see pear-shaped ...
The English suffix-mania denotes an obsession with something; a mania.The suffix is used in some medical terms denoting mental disorders.It has also entered standard English and is affixed to many different words to denote enthusiasm or obsession with that subject.
Capgras delusion or Capgras syndrome is a psychiatric disorder in which a person holds a delusion that a friend, spouse, parent, other close family member, or pet has been replaced by an identical impostor. [a] It is named after Joseph Capgras (1873–1950), the French psychiatrist who first described the disorder.