"take offense to"; the "R-word"

[Bill Palmer]

Somewhere I have seen the phrase (is it OK for me to say this?)
"developmentally delayed", which will probably undergo the same thing that
has happened to the "r word", as more sensitive terms are unearthed.

Bill Palmer

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