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I feel like Americans online throw this word around a lot more than anyone else. It's absolutely not an acceptable word to use here (UK) and I can't remember the last time I heard anyone use it.
In 2008 while railing against political correctness Sarah Palin, the dipshit republican vice presidential candidate, popularized the idea that it wasn't ok to use retarded as an insult.
Do brits still use spaz/spastic?
I haven't heard anyone use those words for many years, no doubt there's still people that do though.