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Crips

Crips

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A word some people find offensive for people with physical disabilities, sometimes used by disabled people
  • noun
  • Slur
: [término ofensivo para personas con discapacidad]
  • Many disabled people proudly identify as Crips to challenge negative stereotypes.

Examples

  • In our community, we often refer to ourselves as Crips to promote visibility for people with disabilities.

  • She embraced the term Crips as a way to celebrate her identity and raise awareness about disability issues.

  • Heed this warning, don't become the BLOODS in your course of opposing the CRIPS.

    Blog text (5)

  • YOU LOOK LIKE ONE OF THEM CRIPS.

    The Wash (2001)

Surface Forms

Crips singular
Crips plural

Morphology

Crips = crip (semi-transparent) = crip + s

The plural '-s' is a regular, transparent pluralization of the noun 'crip'.

Etymology

Crips comes from the older word cripple, which was once used for 'someone with a physical disability' and is now an offensive word. Some disabled people have reclaimed Crips as a proud name, but it can still hurt if used by people outside that community.