'Sperg'

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If you think about it, "sperg" sounds like something from the Jetsons.

"Oh no! Rosie is malfunctioning! I bet she needs a new sperg again!"

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Plenty of my friends use the term sperg but more to describe political and social groups they strongly dislike (such as the Libertarian Party, white supremacists, Five Percent Nation of Islam etc). I see it also as more similar to spaz but with a different flavor. We autistics already get terms like 'ret*d' or 'spaz' it's just more of the same. Even a band I like, changed its name to Spastic Ink, which I find a bit offensive. It's sad

I don't really mind words like that since I've gotten used to people calling me an "asperge" (asparagus) long ago.

I am an asparagus and proud of it. Freakin' deal with it.

I've never heard or even seen it anywhere except on WP. Of course don't think enough people where I live know anything about Asperger's either. A lot of people where I live probably also don't believe in evolution, getting vaccinated, or that the world is round (Okay, that last one was a bit of an an exaggeration). Of course, on Youtube I've seen comments made (to other people), that say thing like, "You are so stupid, what are you autistic?" or "Only autistic people would like something like that", or even "Autie!" although you'd think that's like us calling ourselves "Aspies". I think if some troll online calls me that word I will reply that's right I have Asperger's and I'm very proud of it.

Not long ago I was watching a video online where some kids are royally screwing up at the trivia questions in a game show - for example they thought the Lone Ranger's horse was named "Simba" - and someone replied "They must of been autistic". I replied, "Yes, they must HAVE been." and then I blocked them. That must have been one of the few crowning moments of awesomeness in my life.

In order for a word to be derogatory, it has to be associated with a history of oppression and/or discrimination. As far as I know, this word was just made up recently and doesn't have a history like the r-word or the n-word. If I were called a sperg, I wouldn't appreciate, but it wouldn't really offend me either.

I do not want to name somebody other than me as a "sperg", but I something may like to use this word to describe me. I am relatively versatile in cognitive and "somatic" areas, so it may be not an act of disability-related discrimination.

ugh aspregers always sounds like asperegus to me I hate it.

Why can't they give it some fancy name like buttsludgers. Petition?

The word "sperg" may look funny to me. Why this word is used? It is shortening of the surname of a psychiatrist from Austria, Hans Asperger. What is etymology of his surname?

There is a topic about the origin of the surname of Hans Asperger:

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The article says that in year 500 the town was called "Ascisberg". So "Berg" is pretty clear, it means mountain. But I'm not really sure about "Ascis". It may be from Latin so I looked it up, in Latin "asciscere" means "to take possesion of sth".
The article also says that the place was celtic 500 BC. Then later it was Alemannic. And at the time it was named "Ascisberg" it was Franconian. So "Ascis" could be from all those languages and I just don't know anything about Celtic/Alemannic language