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'''Cripple''' is a dated term for a [[disabled]] person, particularly one who is unable to walk due to an injury. The word was recorded as early as [[950]] [[AD]], and generally came to be regarded as [[pejorative]] in the [[United States]] and [[Britain]] during the [[1960s]]. In other English-speaking countries, the term is still widely used without pejorative connotations.
'''Cripple''' is a dated term for a [[disabled]] person, particularly one who is unable to walk due to an injury. The word was recorded as early as [[950]] [[AD]], and generally came to be regarded as [[pejorative]] in the [[United States]] and [[Britain]] during the [[1960s]]. In other English-speaking countries, the term is still widely used without pejorative connotations.


'''Cripple''' may also refer to:
'''Cripple''' may also refer to: Nic Knack


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In '''society''':

Revision as of 12:24, 17 October 2006

Cripple is a dated term for a disabled person, particularly one who is unable to walk due to an injury. The word was recorded as early as 950 AD, and generally came to be regarded as pejorative in the United States and Britain during the 1960s. In other English-speaking countries, the term is still widely used without pejorative connotations.

Cripple may also refer to: Nic Knack

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