You replied in an ask that one can use the word silly because its offensive connotation is completely out of date. It seems like the ableist connotations of l*me are also out of date. I understand why d*mb is still ableist because it insults intelligence, but l*me just means something like 'uncool'. I'm just wondering if I'm misunderstanding something. ◥ Anonymous

No, this is wrong.

Silly had its roots as a lexeme as “innocent” and has been polysemic pretty much forever. Any ableist contexts aren’t present within living memory anymore.

l*me, on the contrary, has meant unable to walk pretty universally since its birth- and has only started to mean uncool (as in something is uncool because it’s compared to someone who can’t walk) recently- the ableist connotations are still present and definitely within living memory. There are people who are literally l*me, so just don’t use that word unless you’re referring to an injured horse- but then again when would someone talk about that?

L*me is still a slur.