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A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
Sorry, this is nattery, but I had to share that I'm watching one of the special features on a Stargate DVD (leave me alone; can't sleep), and Amanda Tapping just referred to herself and Teryl LastName as spazzy. This is not a pro or con argument - it just made me giggle 'cuz of this discussion.
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I'm pro spaz. Though not a professional spaz. That's Jon's job.
Spastic, while certainly descriptive of sudden, usually involuntary, muscle movement, has never really been used as a common medical term to describe people with cerebal palsey in North America. So while you might say that someone exhibits spastic movement, you wouldn't say that they were a Spastic. Calling someone a Spaz is sort of gentle derogatory (if such a thing can be gentle) like calling them Nerd.
That's Jon's job.
Hey! I represent that remark!
(pro-spaz)
Go Spaz. choose Spaz.
I'd love it even better if 'spaz' were used as a verb, like the "Istanbul got spazzed!" that Jesse suggested, because it's even more directly linked to the deathmatches this way.
For the utter nonsensicalness of the statement, added to it's inner truth, I want to throw 'Delicious Babies got SPAZZED' into the ring.
I like using it as a verb, and delicious babies is cool; istanbul would also be nice, because it was, spazzed, I mean.
The Quotable Buffy 3: Delicious Babies and Istanbul got Spazzed!
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The verb thing seems one more half step removed from the worries about being offensive, too. Of course baby eating, while the highest form of comedy, could also be considered to balance that effect out and moreso, but I still rather like it.