Dang, I didn't know "dork" was a slur. I use it fairly often, generally to refer to myself.

t edit Okay, I'm googling -- because I didn't want to just ask you what it referred to when I have the ability to google (it drives me nuts when people who are already ON THE INTERNET do that) -- but I'm not finding anything.

Huh, I thought "dork" was slang for penis. (Is that an anti-male slur?)

And in "I love Google" news, there's an Armenian-American scientist whose first name is "Dork." That's gotta be hard in high school.

I'm...oddly okay with calling myself a penis.

I've been working on removing stuff from my vocabulary, too. Being mindful of my language often leads me into a "wait, is that offensive?" research spiral.

Ha! Re: dork. I stopped using it because I thought someone told me it was a slur for someone with CP! Maybe I am confusing it with "spaz"???? Yes, that's what. I don't use either. So am I okay with going back to "dork"?

So am I okay with going back to "dork"?

I think so!

I'm forgetting something about why you'd think to say "mental" a lot, java, aren't I?

It's because I watched so much Ricky Gervais and his character in Extras says it all the time. I think in BBC Office it's used too. But my colleagues in Oxford say it all the time, too. I did kind of gently steer them away from it on my last visit, but they TOTALLY were caught off guard by it being considered a slur.

ETA: it was also the most used insult at Goldsmiths of fellow students

I'm looking at the Met Ball red carpet pics. [link]

It's early but I'm calling NPH and his partner for fug of the night. [link]