Talk:Derpy/@comment-3511160-20121216134042/@comment-4445678-20121220045832

An insult? Perhaps not. As a mockery? I wouldn't be so sure, and mockeries can be indirectly insulting.

And is that true about "crazy"? I've heard it been used to describe the insane, but the disabled have little to do with it, don't you think? In any case, it seems to have been used so often that its offensive meaning, if there is any, has been dumbed down. I suppose you could say the same thing about "derp", but not nearly as many people have been exposed to that word enough to know about it, if that is so. Perhaps it helps that "crazy" has an official dictionary definition, which helps establish its meaning and get it across to more people. The same can't be said for "derp", which makes it a lot more unpredictable and unestablishable.