"That's so Autistic!"

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I've heard it used, but not in place of "ret*d" or whatever. It has actually been used almost in context the times I've come across it, usually referring to someone going into lots of detail about something, or, well, behaving in a fashion that could be described as autistic. Of course, kids being stupid, I'm sure it won't be long before they all start saying it just as a general insult without caring about it's actual meaning, just so they can fit in.

I have been using this since high school and I do literally mean it. I would never say "That is so autistic" when someone does something I don't like that has nothing to do with autism. If someone s being inflexible about something, yeah they are so autistic. Listening to the same song over and over, stimming, so autistic. Hey even NTs do something that is autistic.

I have heard it but it is not very often in my school. I heard more insults with OCD used by students.

Never in real life, but on the internet to a degree. It's usually not 'autistic' though, it's 'autist', and at least some of the people who say it seem to have the idea that this 'internet autism' is much closer to simple immaturity and anti-social behaviour than it is actual autism. Others seem to just view it as another way of saying stupid, though. I tend to describe what actual autism is in those cases, so that they may gain understanding of what they're implying, but I'm not that offended by it.

I've heard that one before, or it's Spanish equivalent, but very sporadically. Not enough times to be a fad or anything like that.

I've never heard anyone say this before, but I've heard people say that's so gay a million times.

I'm not surprised :-/

I haven't heard it, but I'm old.

Depressing, though.

I've never heard it, and I'm grateful I'm out of high school now, as I'd probably find it pretty offensive.

Do any of you use Facebook from time to time, and do you know people who are still in high school? I find it interesting that not too many of you have heard it being used. Maybe it's only used in certain areas? I've heard "That's so gay/ret*d" very often and still do. I don't think that trend will stop for awhile.