The only medical use I've ever heard for spastic is re: spastic colons, which are in spasm. I've always assumed spastic was just another form of the word spasm.
Don't belong. Dangerous, like you. Can't be controlled. Can't be trusted. Everyone could just go on without me and not have to worry. People could be what they wanted to be. Could be with the people they wanted. Live simple. No secrets.
River ,'Objects In Space'
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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.
Connie Neil - Apr 02, 2011 10:21:22 am PDT #1380 of 30001
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§ ita § - Apr 02, 2011 10:29:12 am PDT #1381 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Wikipedia breaks CP down into spastic (70-80%), ataxic (<=10%), athetoid/dyskenetic, and hypotonic. They put hypertonic under spastic, but the main section is titled spastic. No way of knowing if it was a Brit that did that, or an American.
le nubian - Apr 02, 2011 10:45:22 am PDT #1382 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
This is the funniest April Fools Day prank I've seen, although I would have been a little peeved if it was done to me. This would be an exciting day.
erikaj - Apr 02, 2011 10:52:01 am PDT #1383 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
I have CP(No idea which, to be honest) and I don't really care if you use "spaz". Although they are related. My exboyfriend used to have "funspastic" as his e-mail, but I wouldn't say I'm *that* comfortable with it. But he was more spastic than I am, so if he could joke about it...
javachik - Apr 02, 2011 11:34:58 am PDT #1384 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
So we know that "hysterical" also has yucky origins. Is it also not to be used?
erin_obscure - Apr 02, 2011 11:41:38 am PDT #1385 of 30001
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
I'd never heard "spaz" as a derogatory term before this board. IME it's slang for any of kind of hyper behaviour. Like when my cats get the midnight zoomies and go running around the house, everyone i grew up with would refer to that as "the cats spazzing out".
Dana - Apr 02, 2011 11:43:16 am PDT #1386 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Twice yesterday at the airport, airline personnel pulled April Fool's jokes. One said, "Sorry, the flight's cancelled. April Fool's!" and then the attendant said, as we landed, "Welcome to Seattle!"
You know when those things aren't funny? When you're fucking just trying to get home.
Jesse - Apr 02, 2011 11:48:22 am PDT #1387 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Doing things like naming the CP association the Spastic Society doesn't lean to casual distinction between the types of CP.
Yeah, I'm 90% sure we didn't have that in the US.
I still wonder how/when it gets decided that words are OK to use, when they once had a "clinical" definition that's no longer used -- hysterical vs. retarded, say.
Pix - Apr 02, 2011 11:49:03 am PDT #1388 of 30001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
I know it's very offensive in England, which surprised me when I learned it since it truly means hyper (and not in a negative way) in the US.
le nubian - Apr 02, 2011 11:50:19 am PDT #1389 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
no shit. goodness, Dana.