Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person or animal that is partially disabled or unable to use a limb or limbs.
- noun Slang Something that is easily accomplished, especially an undemanding academic course.
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- noun offensive A
cripple . - noun A person with a disability (generally self-referential).
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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You've both use the word "crip" and I've heard you use it as a noun but also a verb.
Cory Silverberg: When it Comes to Sex, Are Your Sins Invalid? Cory Silverberg 2011
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So not every person with a disability is going to be comfortable with the word crip.
Cory Silverberg: When it Comes to Sex, Are Your Sins Invalid? Cory Silverberg 2011
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The word "crip" is part of disability culture, disabled artists, activists, and writers are turning it inside out and putting "crip" back out there as an empowering word.
Cory Silverberg: When it Comes to Sex, Are Your Sins Invalid? Cory Silverberg 2011
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So not every person with a disability is going to be comfortable with the word crip.
Cory Silverberg: When it Comes to Sex, Are Your Sins Invalid? Cory Silverberg 2011
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The word "crip" is part of disability culture, disabled artists, activists, and writers are turning it inside out and putting "crip" back out there as an empowering word.
Cory Silverberg: When it Comes to Sex, Are Your Sins Invalid? Cory Silverberg 2011
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You've both use the word "crip" and I've heard you use it as a noun but also a verb.
Cory Silverberg: When it Comes to Sex, Are Your Sins Invalid? Cory Silverberg 2011
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But just know that when it comes back at ya don't play the "crip" card cause your just being treated like anyone else.
We crips are "These people" according to USA NBC Olympic coverage, woo hoo! Elizabeth McClung 2008
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People I know think "crip" is a gang, like Crips and Bloods.
Linguistically disabled? Kay Olson 2007
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On a whole other note: You're emerging "crip" fashion and documentation is riveting to me, as a fashion industry refugee.
Beth's healthy plan: the eve of destruction Elizabeth McClung 2007
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Why can't this murderer be held responsible for "crip" gang killings?
Tookie Blogging 2005
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Then there’s something Beitiks calls “crip face” or “cripping up.” “There’s a whole conversation about why disabled actors aren’t the ones cast in disabled roles,” she says. “I mean, they can CG-out Lt. Dan’s legs or turn [John Rhys-Davies] into a dwarf, but who says it can’t go the other way?”
What Ignoring the Disability Community Costs Hollywood Kerry McLaughlin 2020
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Ahmed’s love of the term “killjoy” reminds me of writer Ellen Samuels, who coined the term “crip time” to distinguish the ways that disabled people move through the world.
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Rather than bending disabled bodies and minds to meet the clock, “crip time” bends the clock and makes us rethink the world to meet disabled bodies and minds.
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Tennis star Serena Williams made a surprise cameo during rapper Kendrick Lamar's halftime performance at the Super Bowl on Sunday, showcasing her crip walk - a dance move that originated in Los Angeles.
Serena Williams crip walks at surprise Super Bowl appearance BBC News 2025
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Sure, the crip walk may or may not have its roots in gang violence, but in today’s world it’s very much part of black culture and expression. Conflating gang violence with black culture is harmful.
What does Serena Williams' crip walk mean in the specific context of the superbowl? 2025
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Back in 2012, Williams found herself at the center of a heated debate for performing moves similar to a crip walk after defeating Maria Sharapova at the London Olympics due to the dance’s reported association with gang culture.
Serena Williams Has the Last Laugh with Her Surprise Super Bowl Moves as She Claps Back at Past Wimbledon Criticism People Editorial Guidelines 2025
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