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Which one is it? “Damn” or “damned”?
I know that commonly in America, they use "damn" or "damned" to describe things.
Sometimes, more appropriately, it's even "darn" or "darned".
For example,
This damn/damned computer is too slow.
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Just how offensive are the terms “retarded” and “gay”?
My college-age son and his friends use the terms "retarded" and "gay" pretty much interchangeably to mean substandard, bad, lame (in the sense of ineffectual or weak) or just plain wrong. I've ...
