"Aspie"

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Does this sobriquet ever so slightly irritate anyone?

What's wrong with it?

I strongly dislike the term "Aspie", though I've never mentioned it before now because I seem to be in the minority.
I might make a thread later explaining why. I don't have the energy right now.

I've never seen a term that has universal acceptance.

Person with Asperger's

Aspergian

Aspie

Spectrumite



Whatever. I know what is meant when I see it here so I go with it.

It is obviously a subjective view that has now entered an objective domain so I don't think that it would be right of me to deem that there be something inherently 'wrong' with the word. That isn't to say that it doesn't irritate me slightly though. It's by no means a weighty irritation hence why I used the word 'slightly'. I would say that the level of irritation is somewhere between that derived from removing contact lenses and sitting down with dinner only to find that you are holding two forks.

I think for me it's a bit of an inflection issue. I'm not so keen on the appending of the 'ie' affix and would rather it be simply 'Asp' with the use of 'Aspy' (or 'Aspie' if really desired) reserved exclusively as an adjective. 'Aspie' sometimes carries a bit too much pet-like affection for my liking.

Person 1: "We have an Aspie at home"
Person 2: "Aw, how lovely, what is his/her name? Is he/she nice and healthy?"
Person 1: "Ooh, Goldie is an adorable little thing. Funny actually, I'm just on my way now to buy some worming treatment for her"

Unfortunately though, 'Asp' has already been claimed by a snake.

Its never really bothered me. My doctor even uses it a lot. Its much easier than always saying "person with Asperger's".

I don't know, I think it's kind of cute.
For some reason though, I really dislike the word "autistic".

I don't like the pronunciation of "Asperger", so...

A stupid question, how do you pronounce Aspie ? :>

There's no pleasing everybody.

I like aspie because to me it's the shortest and least offensive? of the words.

Perhaps you're prefer the correct terms; Person with Autism / Autistic Person (because there's no Aspergers in the DSM V).

Even so, I try to use various words in blog posts so as to not always offend the same people. I offend lots of different groups of people.

Just remember that Aspie is like Daisy.
Sure, daisies are flowers, they need sun, water and dirt but every single one is different - and some are more wildly different than others.

Oh please, it's my pet name for my friend. She calls me Aspie, I call her weirdo. (We're weird like that. )

I actually prefer Aspergian but it doesn't bother me and I do use "Aspie" more now then I did when I first realized that I was one.

Can't say I take issue with it at all... though I'm just likely to generalize myself as autistic rather than aspie

I like the term "Aspie." I use it often to describe me. But I realize some people don't like the term.

I can't pronounce "Asperger's", so I always refer to myself as an aspie. If I say Asperger's, it sounds like ass-burger's. I got really tired of explaining that yes, it is a real thing, and no, I am not pronouncing it correctly.

I dislike "Aspie" and "autie" and terms that sound like cuteification in general. I much prefer to describe myself as autistic or an autistic person, although I occasionally use Aspie when it seems appropriate.

I don't mind anyone else using it, except perhaps when it gets used to mean "the entire autistic spectrum."

Nope. I love the word, it's cute.