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English term or phrase:
blink
English answer:
blind / visually impaired person
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Salavat07
Feb 26, 2014 10:18
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blinks
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disability
This was from the following sentence: ""Crips," "gimps," and "blinks" have long been for the exclusive, internal use by people of those disabilities."
The book title is "No pity: People with disabilities forging a new civil rights movement."
The book title is "No pity: People with disabilities forging a new civil rights movement."
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blind / visually impaired person
"The Blink is a slang term for a blind person".
http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2010/sep/14/yl_am_blind...
"A blink is a slang term for someone who is visually impaired"
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090518195611AA...
The etymology probably comes from the fact we use our eyes to blink with and/or something 'being on the blink' (i.e. not working) and/or people with disabilities considering that able-bodied people have a "blink and I'll miss you" attitude ?
http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2010/sep/14/yl_am_blind...
"A blink is a slang term for someone who is visually impaired"
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090518195611AA...
The etymology probably comes from the fact we use our eyes to blink with and/or something 'being on the blink' (i.e. not working) and/or people with disabilities considering that able-bodied people have a "blink and I'll miss you" attitude ?
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to open and close the eye, especially involuntarily; wink rapidly and repeatedly.
CRIPS: a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable touse one or more limbs.
GIMPS: to limp; walk in a halting manner: a sprain that made her gimp for weeks.
BLINKS: to open and close the eye, especially involuntarily; wink rapidly and repeatedly.
So, all three words describe disabilities.
GIMPS: to limp; walk in a halting manner: a sprain that made her gimp for weeks.
BLINKS: to open and close the eye, especially involuntarily; wink rapidly and repeatedly.
So, all three words describe disabilities.
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