I have a question : Among the fans of the cartoon show "My little pony" started an argument about a pony named "Derpy" , some people said that "derp" or "derpy" was an insulting and discriminating US-American word against people with disabilities
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Derpy is derived from "derp" as an adjective, meaning someone who often does things worthy of saying "derp" about.
Herpaderp is also a related term within our small community dialect which refers to a less-than-passable outcome which will nevertheless not be repaired. For instance, when they didn't want to go to the trouble of selecting and bringing home a Christmas tree one year, they drew a pine tree on a whiteboard, strung lights around it, and called it their Christmas herpaderp, indicating that yes, they realize it is no replacement for a tree, but no, they were not going to do anything better anyway.
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I'd never heard it used in an offensive sense, and the people who complain about it are, for the most part, the same people who are offended at EVERYTHING. Just ignore them.
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Aren't you a charmer.
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But hey, don't mind me.
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