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31 Mar 2012, 10:24 am

Anyone else noticed the slang word 'sperg' (e.g. to sperg out) that has developed as a derogatory verb deriving from 'Asperger'?

I've run into it once or twice online.



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31 Mar 2012, 10:26 am

Occasionally, yeah. I guess it's a sign that AS has become well-known enough to develop its own special insult. Kind of like CP and "spaz".

I find it more annoying than insulting.


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31 Mar 2012, 11:21 am

I dislike it, but it doesn't make me angry or anything. Mostly it's a testament to the ignorance of the people who think it's meaningful.



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31 Mar 2012, 11:26 am

Thankfully, I've never heard of it. It sounds like an awful disease. :|



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31 Mar 2012, 11:27 am

It's popular on that wretched hive of scum and villainy known as Something Awful.



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31 Mar 2012, 12:12 pm

Bleh.


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31 Mar 2012, 12:15 pm

No. The term sounds funny though so it doesn't bother me, same as spaz.



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31 Mar 2012, 12:17 pm

You could run with that. A really cold and unfeeling seemy aspie could be an "ice sperg"


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31 Mar 2012, 1:01 pm

WOW, sounds like "tard", and I think both just sound STUPID!



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31 Mar 2012, 1:32 pm

Never heard of it before. Honestly, I don't mind if people use that word, but it really depends on how they use it.



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31 Mar 2012, 2:01 pm

:?:

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31 Mar 2012, 2:05 pm

2ukenkerl wrote:
WOW, sounds like "tard", and I think both just sound STUPID!


Don't you mean "pid"?


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31 Mar 2012, 2:06 pm

OliveOilMom wrote:
2ukenkerl wrote:
WOW, sounds like "tard", and I think both just sound STUPID!


Don't you mean "pid"?


In my family, we have always used "st000".



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31 Mar 2012, 2:08 pm

OliveOilMom wrote:
You could run with that. A really cold and unfeeling seemy aspie could be an "ice sperg"


I laughed.



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31 Mar 2012, 2:18 pm

Must be one hell of an intelligent area you are living in. :thumleft:



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31 Mar 2012, 2:22 pm

Atomsk wrote:
OliveOilMom wrote:
You could run with that. A really cold and unfeeling seemy aspie could be an "ice sperg"


I laughed.


Thank you. Now you have encouraged me.

A town with only aspies could be "Sperg burg"

An aspie with an eating disorder could be "purge sperg"

An aspie going to film school could be a "wanna be Speil-sperg"

You could rhyme with it too. An aspie computer tech guy (or gal, no sexism here) could be a "nerd sperg"

An aspie who is just rude and mean could be a "turd sperg"

An aspie English major could be a "word sperg"

You get the idea....


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