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30 Sep 2012, 5:58 am

I have a new one... "NI" Noisy Idiot


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30 Sep 2012, 1:41 pm

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the word nurotypical is getting old and it's meaning is not that right we need a new word for nurotypicals

please reply with suggestions


How about normal, typical, usual, ordinary.

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22 Oct 2012, 6:29 am

how about "conscript" and "sharpshooter"

or "imperial guardsman" and "sanctioned psyker"

personally if we take the first set of distinctions, I want to be called a "flamethrower"


just kidding around, neurotypical is fine, the worry that they'll see the word "typical" and think it's some scathing insult is unfounded, because the word neuro-typical "scientifizes" it, and people generally understand the "scientifized" word typical to mean "regular/normal/the usual"

alone, combined with tone of voice, the term "typical" takes on pejorative meaning but when combined with super sciency things like "neuro" it's an indicator to take it by it's "dictionary definition" meaning

which in this case isn't really it's dictionary definition meaning, but hey who cares, it's how they see it and that's why we don't have to worry



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23 Oct 2012, 3:09 am

noobler wrote:
how about "conscript" and "sharpshooter"

or "imperial guardsman" and "sanctioned psyker"

personally if we take the first set of distinctions, I want to be called a "flamethrower"


just kidding around, neurotypical is fine, the worry that they'll see the word "typical" and think it's some scathing insult is unfounded, because the word neuro-typical "scientifizes" it, and people generally understand the "scientifized" word typical to mean "regular/normal/the usual"

alone, combined with tone of voice, the term "typical" takes on pejorative meaning but when combined with super sciency things like "neuro" it's an indicator to take it by it's "dictionary definition" meaning

which in this case isn't really it's dictionary definition meaning, but hey who cares, it's how they see it and that's why we don't have to worry


The word neurotypical is not in the dictionary or a scientific term. It is a phrase coined in the autism community, that can effectively mean nothing but non-autistic, as typical neurology exists nowhere except in human imagination.

The only problem with neurotypical is ask anyone on the spectrum what it means and they will provide their own unique definition, as one can only look it up on Wiki, and get a fuzzy idea of a definition

Most people that have not visited an online autism site, have absolutely no idea what it means, and never even hear it in real life, so it is not a significant source of any offense toward anyone, no matter how it is defined or used online vs. the real world outside of online autism communities..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurotypical



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23 Oct 2012, 6:49 pm

how about neanderthal or NT

that would imply we are more advanced then they are and in some ways we are.



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23 Oct 2012, 7:35 pm

Don't fix something that isn't broken. :)



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23 Oct 2012, 9:24 pm

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24 Oct 2012, 1:16 pm

mmcool wrote:
the word nurotypical is getting old and it's meaning is not that right we need a new word for nurotypicals

please reply with suggestions


Norman Syndrome :lol:



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24 Oct 2012, 2:36 pm

Hilton's Syndrome.



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24 Oct 2012, 3:26 pm

I'm tired of the word "New". It's been overused, especially in politics and advertising. Every time someone comes up with an idea that no one else has ever thought of before, they slap on that old "New" label and parade it around like it's something special. It makes me sick. If linguists can invent words like "Obamanomics" and "Romnesia", then why can't they invent another word for "New"?

While we're at it, let's get rid of "Improved" ...

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24 Oct 2012, 6:45 pm

I don't like neurotypical people. They think that they are better than everyone else just because they're not in the DSM. Well I think that it should be.


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05 Nov 2012, 3:18 pm

The guy who wrote the book Be Different (can't remember his name, John Robin or something) used the word "nypical" as shorthand for "neurotypical". He said neurotypical sounded too clinical.



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05 Nov 2012, 3:25 pm

starzo11 wrote:
The guy who wrote the book Be Different (can't remember his name, John Robin or something) used the word "nypical" as shorthand for "neurotypical". He said neurotypical sounded too clinical.
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10 Nov 2012, 12:18 am

Jenny McCarthies :lol:


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10 Nov 2012, 2:23 am

Non-autistic suits me. You may now refer to me as NA.



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29 Dec 2012, 4:18 am

I like the sound of the word neurotically :P but I don't like to use it cause it can be taken the wrong way :\


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