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To retard, grammatically, is a verb. The word unquestionably outdates its use to identify people with Down's Syndrome. I don't really understand how a word that doesn't apply to people with DS anymore (medically speaking) is still considered an insult toward people with DS even when not talking about people with DS. I guess if you call a person "retarded," you are invoking that definition. But clearly if you call Playstation "retarded" you don't mean that it has DS. I'm not a fan of taking offense every time the word is used because my brother's sister-in-law's best friend's kid has DS.