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by chongli 1172 days ago
I haven’t seen widespread use of the word “neurodivergent” as a kind of… whatever this is, weirdly euphemistic slur, almost?

It’s a continuation of the euphemism treadmill [1]. It won’t be long before “neurodivergent” is considered politically incorrect and a new term is invented to replace it.

[1] https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Euphemism%20...