Cripple
A cripple is a person or animal with a
.By the 1970s, the word generally came to be regarded as pejorative when used for people with disabilities.[2][3][4][5] Cripple is also a transitive verb, meaning "cause a disability or inability". The word crippling is also used as an adjective. [6]
Reappropriation
In the same way that the term "queer" has been
psychiatric hospitals, as well as against deficiencies of local public transport. Analogous to the Russell Tribunal by Amnesty International, the cripple tribunal has denounced human rights violations of disabled people.[8]
Other usages
- The Crips street gang were so named when members started carrying a cane which gave the impression they were disabled.[9]
- A cripple is a trimmer stud or joist which is shorter than full-length.[10]
- A cripple is a goods wagon or a passenger coach which although safe to run on the railway, is not fit for use and requires a repair before it can be used in service. This could be a coal wagon with a hole in the floor (which would allow coal to fall out of the wagon), or a passenger coach with a broken window.[11]
References
- ^ Online Etymology Dictionary
- ISBN 9780422739108. GGKEY:QCP9JKZ8RPE. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
- ISBN 978-0-19-988375-2. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
- ISBN 978-0-8261-0703-9. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8047-7913-5. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
- ^ "Crippling Definition & Meaning". Dictionary.com.
- ISBN 978-0-415-99372-2. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
- ^ cripple tribunal on disabilityworld.org Archived 2010-11-23 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2012-01-21
- ^ ""Crip" Gang Knowledge". www.corrections.com. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ "Anatomy of a Stud-Framed Wall". FineHomeBuilding. 15 March 2001. Archived from the original on 14 November 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ "Glossary and Terminology". www.railway-technical.com. Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
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