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I wonder how innocent people feel when called or thought of as a "creeper". The comparison above to Jeffrey Dahmer is particularly scary. In recent history we've had a lot of very resentful, very troubled, and mentally unstable people commit horrendous and scary crimes at schools and places of employment. Columbine, etc. As a result, it seems those who are shy, socially ackward or a little weird are seen with a hurtful suspicion - further alienating them when we should be doing whatever we can to help others feel comfortable in their own skin. The backward way some people are treated, including casual use of a word like creeper, may actually be contributing to Columbine-esque attacks. We need to have empathy and compassion and realize some people are just ackward and not be so quick to call them names that have horrific, hurtful implications.
It is possible that some people are using "creeper" because of the Minecraft world building game, that also features monsters. One of the monsters is a "creeper" and appears at night when you least expect it. Millions of people play this game, they have t-shirts for it. So they wouldn't use "creep" when they have an exact image in mind, a big green blocky monster, to describe a scary person.
In my circle of friends (mostly people in their mid-20's) the word creeper is used to refer to people who behave like stalkers or exhibit creepy behavior, but it is also used jokingly towards friends (e.g. "You were looking at my facebook page again? You're such a creeper!") Girls use this word all the time; I have never heard a guy use it. I have never heard creep used as a noun by anyone under 40.
A creep in common slang, suggests to me a person who has a lot of psychological characteristics to hide...
When I grew up, a creep was just another word for a jerk, a loser, someone no one wanted to be around.
Years ago I remember asking my daughter (20s now) what "creepin" meant when I overheard her play a song with the word "creeping" in its lyrics. To me it had nothing to do with the slang word "creep," but what do I know. I just found it; it's by Mario Winans.
"I don't want to know
If you're playing me
Keep it on the low
Cuz my heart cant take it anymore
And if you're creeping
Please don't let it show..."
I wonder how innocent people feel when called or thought of as a "creeper". The comparison above to Jeffrey Dahmer is particularly scary. In recent history we've had a lot of very resentful, very troubled, and mentally unstable people commit horrendous and scary crimes at schools and places of employment. Columbine, etc. As a result, it seems those who are shy, socially ackward or a little weird are seen with a hurtful suspicion - further alienating them when we should be doing whatever we can to help others feel comfortable in their own skin. The backward way some people are treated, including casual use of a word like creeper, may actually be contributing to Columbine-esque attacks. We need to have empathy and compassion and realize some people are just ackward and not be so quick to call them names that have horrific, hurtful implications.
They probably don't know they are being called creepers.
When I grew up, a creep was just another word for a jerk, a loser, someone no one wanted to be around.
Years ago I remember asking my daughter (20s now) what "creepin" meant when I overheard her play a song with the word "creeping" in its lyrics. To me it had nothing to do with the slang word "creep," but what do I know. I just found it; it's by Mario Winans.
"I don't want to know
If you're playing me
Keep it on the low
Cuz my heart cant take it anymore
And if you're creeping
Please don't let it show..."
In that context, it means cheating on your significant other. I remember when that song came out and people would say someone was "creepin", but I think lately, most people have gone back to cheating. The word, of course, and not the action.
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