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Ableist

A PERSON or People who discriminate or social prejudice against people WITHOUT disabilities. Someone who judges or makes fun of someone WITHOUT a disability or handicap.
"This competition is only open to disabled people..."

"There doesn't seem to be a word for this type of discrimination, Ableist or Ableism is the closest thing I could find."
by Nox-13 January 3, 2022
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ableist

Oh hello! Didn't see you there, I understand that you got called by some 14 y/o girl on Twitter "ableist". Don't know what that means? I got ya fam, "ableism" is a discrimination against people with disabilities. You didn't do any of that? Too bad, we know but they don't understand. Don't worry about it.
"John: Today, disabilities are used as excuses..."
"✨Emily✨: OMG you're such an ableist!!! Hope you get bullied!"
by ?????WHY??? November 20, 2020
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Not Ableist

Wow that's Ableist.

I'm not going to pretend I'm equal to a retard just for the sake of being "Not Ableist". I could kill myself today and I will have accomplished more then that cripple by simply not being mentally deficient.
by Hym Iam October 11, 2020
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Ableistitis

When someone online spontaneously develops (usually the rarest and worst ever) physical disability, which they conveniently happen to have never mentioned before, shortly after saying or doing something ableist.
"Last week Sarah told a wheelchair user that they're just being lazy, and when they got angry at her she announced that she has a terrible heart disease and only has a few years to live. She hasn't mentioned this before... sounds a lot like a case of ableistitis to me."
by NightmareStag April 6, 2025
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Ableist

Someone who discriminates against people with disabilities, mental or physical. Can be unintentional, but is just as often intentional and malicious, which is why it’s discrimination. Basically, discrimination is being a dick to anyone of any group of people with a trait or aspect of their lives that they didn’t choose and cannot control, like race, sexuality, gender, functioning, etc. Ableism is NOT:

- something made up by annoying people who apparently get ‘triggered’ at everything
- something that should be joked about or treated casually. Ableism is a serious issue and affects the lives of many people.

TL,DR: if you’re an ableist you’re a prick who belittles disabled people (whether intentionally or unintentionally). Don’t be a prick.
Bob: that guy in a wheelchair is a fucking spaz, he shouldn’t come here.
Dave: Jeez, man. That’s really ableist, not cool.

(Basically, don’t call disabled people stuff like spaz or advocate to remove them from public spaces, for example, cuz that’s shitty)
by LeoTheKilljoy January 6, 2024
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