I need to get that out of my vocabulary, at least in the way I used it above. I didn't mean it offensively.
Mal: Well, look at this! Appears we got here just in the nick of time. What does that make us? Zoe: Big damn heroes, sir.
'Safe'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
SuziQ - Apr 02, 2011 7:51:31 am PDT #1358 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
flea - Apr 02, 2011 7:52:40 am PDT #1359 of 30001
information libertarian
It was a THREE HOUR LINE. And we are in theory doing this again for a different camp next weekend. What the fuck.
Sophia Brooks - Apr 02, 2011 7:59:05 am PDT #1360 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I can't stop laughing at this Grey's Anatomy!
§ ita § - Apr 02, 2011 8:01:33 am PDT #1361 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
In London, when we said spastic, we meant CP. So there was no divorce there. When you said someone was acting spazzy, you meant they were acting like they had cerebral palsy, no distance at all. It's a hard jump to make.
brenda m - Apr 02, 2011 8:14:41 am PDT #1362 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Up until recently with all the fail discussion everywhere, I would never have associated those things.
bon bon - Apr 02, 2011 8:17:09 am PDT #1363 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I think most people haven't encountered people with CP. I personally haven't met anyone with CP that has jerky/twitchy features, so I wouldn't even associate spastic with it.
Steph L. - Apr 02, 2011 8:45:54 am PDT #1364 of 30001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
IIRC, use of the word "spaz" was the source of one of the ugly kerfluffles in Bureaucracy. (Some dude who I disremember -- obv. not a current poster -- said that because this is a board about BTVS, and because the show used the word, that should be our touchstone, and therefore it was okay to use it. I posited that it was a damned good thing this wasn't a Huckleberry Finn board.)
Amy - Apr 02, 2011 8:46:18 am PDT #1365 of 30001
Because books.
Spaz dates back to junior high for me, with "tick tick boom" and "it's the jitties" (which is a good thing, although I have no idea where it came from or what it actually means). I don't think any of us ever thought about it being offensive.
Ginger - Apr 02, 2011 8:48:32 am PDT #1366 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Spasticity just means that the muscles tighten and can't relax. My sister's brain damage was one-sided, and her right hand draws up into a claw and her right leg muscles tightened so that she was on tiptoe on that side, at least prior to several surgeries. Spasticity has nothing to do with jerky features, but contributes to the awkward gait.
shrift - Apr 02, 2011 8:52:42 am PDT #1367 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
The law changed on Jan. 1 so that I couldn't use my FSA money to pay for OTC drugs including allergy medication. I went to the doctor and got a prescription for Allegra. My insurance paid for a refill or two, and today they suddenly won't cover my prescription because Allegra is available OTC.
Someone is getting screwed here, and I'm pretty sure it's me.