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  2. List of disability-related terms with negative connotations

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    Before the IQ test was developed in 1905, "imbecile" was also commonly used as a casual insult towards anyone perceived as incompetent at doing something. [47] [48] [6] Incapacitated [6] Idiot: Was originally the diagnostic term used for people with IQ scores under 30 when the IQ test was first developed in the early 1900s. It is also no longer ...

  3. Dysphemism - Wikipedia

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    Bad or taboo words for many things far outnumber the "good" words. Hugh Rawson notices in his book Wicked Words that when looking at Roget's International Thesaurus, there are "89 synonyms for drunk, compared to 16 for sober, and 206 for bad person compared to 82 for good person. The synonyms for unchastity in the Thesaurus fill 140 lines ...

  4. National Council Licensure Examination - Wikipedia

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    Questions on the NCLEX exam are of three different types or levels: Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3. Level 1 questions are the most basic questions and make up less than 10 percent of the total questions. Level 1 questions test the individual's knowledge and understanding. These questions require the individual to recall specific facts and ...

  5. Negative utilitarianism - Wikipedia

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    Negative utilitarianism is a form of negative consequentialism that can be described as the view that people should minimize the total amount of aggregate suffering, or that they should minimize suffering and then, secondarily, maximize the total amount of happiness.

  6. Category:Lists of worsts - Wikipedia

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  7. Profanity - Wikipedia

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    Profanity is often depicted in images by grawlixes, which substitute symbols for words.. Profanity, also known as swearing, cursing, or cussing, involves the use of notionally offensive words for a variety of purposes, including to demonstrate disrespect or negativity, to relieve pain, to express a strong emotion, as a grammatical intensifier or emphasis, or to express informality or ...

  8. These nursing homes are rated some of the worst in GA ... - AOL

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    By 2030, all Baby Boomers will be 65 years-old or older; thus, there’s an increase in the need for care. Currently in GA, there are over 300 nursing homes, but which are the worst and best rated?

  9. Best of all possible worlds - Wikipedia

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    Proving that this is the best of all possible worlds would dispel such charges by showing that, no matter how it may intuitively appear to us from our limited point of view, any other world – such as, namely, one without the evils which trouble our lives – would, in fact, have been worse than the current one, all things considered. [2]