Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • A Middle English form of espy.

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  • noun informal An Aspergerian: a person with Asperger’s syndrome.

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Examples

  • When I use the term aspie supremacist I mean something more specific.

    Ballastexistenz ballastexistenz 2010

  • I realise there are a few topics about this (but the search faciilities on this site aren't the best!!), but are there many Gay asperger (i'm still unsure about the term aspie!) people on this site?

    Wrong Planet Asperger / Autism Forums 2008

  • It seems sincerely curious about whether a young neurotypical woman can have an intimate relationship with an "aspie," but it skims the surface of the important issues involved, spending time instead on a subplot involving the woman's indicted father.

    Paste Magazine 2009

  • I have read that marriages between an "aspie" and NT typically do not work out - or if they do they are very different.

    Wrong Planet Asperger / Autism Forums 2009

  • I'm a 60 y.o. divorcee and have been in a relationship for about 5 months with a lovable "aspie" (the term is new to me but I like it) Also I've been told I have some AS traits of my own so anyway this is the site for me

    Wrong Planet Asperger / Autism Forums 2009

  • I'm Mike, I'm 21, 'aspie' from North Yorkshire, but currently in Newcastle-under-Lyme I'm a politics student at Keele - and generally a politics geek though I have other interests too -

    Wrong Planet Asperger / Autism Forums 2009

  • Thanks so much WPers ... whether or not I'm an "aspie" or not (deep down I know what I am, and I don't care what label you put on it), there are people here who know what it's like to be confused and struggling to keep your

    Wrong Planet Asperger / Autism Forums 2008

  • So as an aspie the main ingredients was missing "aspie" which I guess I feel is rather strange, maybe we need NT training.

    Wrong Planet Asperger / Autism Forums 2008

  • So as an aspie the main ingredients was missing "aspie" which I guess I feel is rather strange, maybe we need NT training.

    Wrong Planet Asperger / Autism Forums 2008

  • I'm a newly diagnosed "aspie" and was looking to join the discussion here.

    Wrong Planet Asperger / Autism Forums 2008

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  • person affected by Aaperger's Syndrome

    June 13, 2009

  • *facepalm*

    December 17, 2010

  • many persons diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome consider this an acceptable and even affectionate epithet. Some however do not.

    http://life-with-aspergers.blogspot.com/p/disclaimers-and-definitions.html

    February 22, 2016