Always has been. In literal terms, it’s just Greek for"soul". What’s insulting about calling someone a soul? Everyone’s a soul. The reason psy*cho is insulting is that it’s short for psychotic or psychopathic. Which are both mental conditions. Insulting someone for a mental condition is always a slur. And nobody uses that word when they’re not trying to insult someone.
There he goes using bigoted slurs
Why all the people in this thread using slurs too? They conservatives or something?
Is psycho a slur now?
Always has been. In literal terms, it’s just Greek for"soul". What’s insulting about calling someone a soul? Everyone’s a soul. The reason psy*cho is insulting is that it’s short for psychotic or psychopathic. Which are both mental conditions. Insulting someone for a mental condition is always a slur. And nobody uses that word when they’re not trying to insult someone.
Somebody got called ‘psycho’ a lot in high school and is still salty about it.