I’m betting almost everyone reading this has an acquaintance or loved one who meets the traditional definition of lame. Her disabilities are not insurmountable problems, but they are certainly challenges, both physically and emotionally. Getting things out of her locker is a challenge and sometimes, when she needs to go from one floor to another, she must do so alone in the elevator, while the other kids take the stairs. The girl in my daughter’s class who uses a wheel chair (and occasionally crutches) would also be considered "lame" by the old definition. Their physical world is bounded and confined by reduced mobility. They don’t go out much because it’s too painful to move very far. They walk slowly and “haltingly” with walkers. My elderly neighbors might be described as “lame,” according to the traditional definition (though it’s not a current medical term and isn’t-and shouldn’t be-commonly used to describe people with disabilities in this day and age). It’s the adjective lame, and we need to stop using it.Ĭan we take a minute to think about what the word lame really means? The Oxford English Dictionary tells us that lame means to be “disabled or impaired in any way weak, infirm paralyzed unable to move.” This dictionary tells us that the word lame also applies especially to being “disabled in the foot or leg, so as to walk haltingly or be unable to walk.” But that doesn’t cover the whole meaning, as anyone with a physical disability knows. Send us feedback.I’ve heard it used by colleagues and middle-schoolers, characters in middle-level fiction and family members I’ve even heard it from the pulpit, being used by an otherwise progressive minister. These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'blame.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Wired, 26 July 2022 There’s plenty of blame to go around for the huge jump in consumer prices.ĭaniel Altman, Forbes, 11 July 2022 There is plenty of blame to go around, some of it blue, for the Trumpist world that rising young politicians like Britt are inheriting.ĭiane Mcwhorter, CNN, 6 July 2022 See More 2022 Many in Sri Lanka blame Rajapaksa for the country's worsening situation, with runaway inflation and shortages of fuel and food impacting everyday life.Īlexandra Meeks, CNN, 15 July 2022 Many blame Rajapaksa and his family, which has dominated Sri Lankan politics for years, for mismanaging the nation’s finances and contributing to the crisis.ĭylan Butts, NBC News, 11 July 2022 There’s a lot to unpack here, and plenty of blame to go around. 2022 There’s even evidence to suggest that self- blame interferes with the parent-child relationship.Īmy Paturel, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2022 The ads from One Nation blame Ryan and other Democrats for national high inflation. Noun The surge in profits during the pandemic era has fueled a debate about whether price-gouging companies carry a share of the blame for high inflation-an argument pushed by President Joe Biden’s Democrats. 2017 But CW Hemp blamed its customer testimonials for going too far. 2017 American intelligence chiefs blamed those hacking attacks on Russian military intelligence. 2017 In areas around the North Sea and Mediterranean coast, however, later winter storms, indicated by cooler colors, are to blame for flooding. Linda Feldmann, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Oct. 2017 Trump blamed Corker for the Iran deal (though the senator did not support its original passage), and mocked his slight stature. 2017 Despite Matt’s attorneys’ legal analysis of the allegations, Matt has insisted that nothing be said that blames or casts aspersions upon his accusers.Īndy Cush, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2017 But don't blame Alabama for being gun-shy about using Fitzpatrick in that capacity after what happened to Eddie Jackson last season. Katherine Peralta, charlotteobserver, 31 Oct. 2017 Many have blamed Charlotte’s ongoing development boom for the loss of several of the city’s cultural hotspots. Verb The tweet marked the beginning of a daylong anti-Islamic social media attack that blamed all Muslims for ISIS terrorism.Ĭhelsea Bailey, NBC News, 2 Nov.
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