Presurrection

Predator Press

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I couldn't pinpoint when it happened, but let's just say the word “retard” has all but vanished from my vocabulary in a decade or so of political correctness.

But every teenager I’ve talked to in the last few months uses the abbreviation ”tard” instead.

Example: ”Dude, that guy is such a 'tard!"

I should be more impressed with their commanding economy over prefixes such as “re”: this subtle modification has masterfully reintroduced the sorely-missed word to our lexicon almost without prejudice.

-But they cancel it out almost entirely with that stubborn habit of adding the suffix “palooza” to everything.