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[quote=Anonymous]It's absolutely a valid word, and continues to have valid uses in English. As someone who finds it highly offensive when used as an insult, and think it's outdated and best avoided when used to describe people with intellectual disabilities, I have no problem with a sentence such as: "Putting the cooked chicken in the fridge will retard the growth of bacteria". There are many other words in English that are acceptable in some contexts, but not when applied to people, such as "Oriental" or "Bitch", or not when used as a slur such as "Gay". How is this hard to understand?[/quote]
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