As previously stated: "Gervais was quick to acknowledge during the routine that the word was once a derogatory term for people with Down's Syndrome, but insisted he was using the modern interpretation.
'I don't mean she has Down's Syndrome, by the way. No, no! That would be offensive
That word doesn't mean that any more,' he said.
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