Beyoncé and Lizzo cut “ableist slur” from new albums: How the word became taboo. - Slate

How did the controversial term go from middle-school slang to verboten? The answer lies on the other side of the Atlantic.

Twice in the past couple of months, a musical superstar changed the lyrics to a new song to avoid a problematic slang term: spaz. First came Lizzo, whose song Grrrls, released as a single in June, or… [+10298 chars]

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