The R word

[Eric Nielsen]

"Retarded" is the polite form.

Eric

On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 5:38 PM, Mark Jakubik <mjakubik3 at comcast.net> wrote:

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> "retard"?
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>  On May 10, 2011, at 5:36 PM, William Palmer wrote:
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> > Our local ABC affiliate just reported that Lebron James had been fined
> for
> > using the R word (towards a ref)
> >
> > I have to ask, what is the R word? Maybe senility...
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