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| - | a [[person]] who has severe [[impairment]] in his [[physical]] [[ability|abilities]] because of [[deformation]], [[injury]], or [[amputation]] of parts of the body. | + | A '''cripple''' is a person or animal with a [[physical disability]], particularly one who is unable to walk because of an injury or illness. The word was recorded as early as 950 AD, and derives from the [[Proto-Germanic]] ''krupilaz''. The [[German language|German]] and [[Dutch language|Dutch]] words ''Krüppel'' and ''kreupel'' are [[cognate]]s. |
| - | #: '' He returned from war a '''cripple'''.'' | + | |
| + | The word generally came to be regarded as [[pejorative]] when used for people, in the [[United States]], the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Canada]] during the 1960s. Of late, in other English-speaking countries, the term is still widely used without pejorative connotations. '''Cripple''' is also a transitive verb, meaning "cause a disability or inability". | ||
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| + | == Cripples movement == | ||
| + | In the 1970s and 1980s, in Germany, the autonomous [[disability rights movement]], also called the cripples movement, took confidently claim for themselves, this word in the sense of a [[reappropriation]]. The ''cripple tribunal'' in [[Dortmund]] on 13 December 1981 was one of the main protest actions of the autonomous German disability movement (in confrontation with the established disability assistance) against human rights abuses in [[nursing homes]] and [[psychiatric hospitals]], as well as against deficiencies of local public transport. Analogous to the [[Russell Tribunal]] by [[Amnesty International]], the ''cripple tribunal'' has denounced human rights violations of disabled people. | ||
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| + | '''Cripple''' may also refer to: | ||
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| + | == Geography == | ||
| + | *[[Cripple Creek, Colorado|Cripple Creek]], a small town in Colorado | ||
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| + | == Software == | ||
| + | *[[Crippleware]], a type of shareware or freeware that lacks full functionality | ||
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| + | == Mass media == | ||
| + | *''[[Cripple Clarence Lofton]]'' (1887–1957), blues artist | ||
| + | <!--*[[Cripple Creek Ferry]], a song by Neil Young--> | ||
| + | *"[[Crippled Inside]]", a 1971 song by John Lennon (Imagine Album) | ||
| + | *''[[The Crippled Masters]]'', a 1979 kung-fu film | ||
| + | *''[[The Cripple of Inishmaan]]'', a 1997 Irish play | ||
| + | *''[[Crippled Lucifer]]'', a 1998 album by Burning Witch | ||
| + | *"[[Cripple Fight]]", a 2001 episode of ''South Park'' | ||
| + | *''[[Hooky the Cripple]]'', a 2002 novel by Chopper Read | ||
| + | *''[[Cripple Crow]]'', a 2005 album by Devendra Banhart | ||
| + | *[[Cripple Need Cane]], a rock band from Los Angeles | ||
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| + | == Criminal organizations == | ||
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| + | *[[Crips]] street gang were so named by their early carrying of a cane which gave the impression they were crippled. | ||
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| + | == Building construction == | ||
| + | *A cripple is a [[trimmer (construction)|Trimmer]] [[wall stud|stud]] or [[joist]] which is shorter than full-length | ||
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| + | == Railway jargon == | ||
| + | *A '''cripple''' is a goods wagon or a passenger coach which although safe to run on the railway, is not fit for use and requires a repair before it can be used in service. This could be a coal wagon with a hole in the floor (which would allow coal to fall out of the wagon), or a passenger coach with a broken window. | ||
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A cripple is a person or animal with a physical disability, particularly one who is unable to walk because of an injury or illness. The word was recorded as early as 950 AD, and derives from the Proto-Germanic krupilaz. The German and Dutch words Krüppel and kreupel are cognates.
The word generally came to be regarded as pejorative when used for people, in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada during the 1960s. Of late, in other English-speaking countries, the term is still widely used without pejorative connotations. Cripple is also a transitive verb, meaning "cause a disability or inability".
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Cripples movement
In the 1970s and 1980s, in Germany, the autonomous disability rights movement, also called the cripples movement, took confidently claim for themselves, this word in the sense of a reappropriation. The cripple tribunal in Dortmund on 13 December 1981 was one of the main protest actions of the autonomous German disability movement (in confrontation with the established disability assistance) against human rights abuses in nursing homes and psychiatric hospitals, as well as against deficiencies of local public transport. Analogous to the Russell Tribunal by Amnesty International, the cripple tribunal has denounced human rights violations of disabled people.
Cripple may also refer to:
Geography
- Cripple Creek, a small town in Colorado
Software
- Crippleware, a type of shareware or freeware that lacks full functionality
Mass media
- Cripple Clarence Lofton (1887–1957), blues artist
- "Crippled Inside", a 1971 song by John Lennon (Imagine Album)
- The Crippled Masters, a 1979 kung-fu film
- The Cripple of Inishmaan, a 1997 Irish play
- Crippled Lucifer, a 1998 album by Burning Witch
- "Cripple Fight", a 2001 episode of South Park
- Hooky the Cripple, a 2002 novel by Chopper Read
- Cripple Crow, a 2005 album by Devendra Banhart
- Cripple Need Cane, a rock band from Los Angeles
Criminal organizations
- Crips street gang were so named by their early carrying of a cane which gave the impression they were crippled.
Building construction
Railway jargon
- A cripple is a goods wagon or a passenger coach which although safe to run on the railway, is not fit for use and requires a repair before it can be used in service. This could be a coal wagon with a hole in the floor (which would allow coal to fall out of the wagon), or a passenger coach with a broken window.
