To: csense
*** idiot, moron and imbecile...***
I believe those were used to determine the degree of mental retardation in medical terms. Way back in time..
To: goat granny
You're right, I shouldn't have used the word “coined” for all three. I believe “moron” was coined in the early 1900’s by Goddard, but if I recall correctly, he was the one that first classified and quantified all three of them for the emerging field of clinical psychology during the eugenics movement.
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04/03/2012 9:44:32 PM PDT by
csense
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