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.
I'm a vision of hotliness, and how weird is that? Mystical comas. You know, if you can stand the horror of a higher power hijacking your mind and body so that it can give birth to itself, I really recommend 'em.
Cordelia ,'You're Welcome'
Bureaucracy 2: Like Sartre, Only Longer
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
Elena - Feb 25, 2004 1:09:10 am PST #6845 of 10005
Thanks for all the fish.
Jon B. - Feb 25, 2004 3:00:35 am PST #6846 of 10005
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
That's Jon's job.
Hey! I represent that remark!
(pro-spaz)
Megan E. - Feb 25, 2004 3:08:01 am PST #6847 of 10005
Go Spaz. choose Spaz.
Nilly - Feb 25, 2004 3:10:08 am PST #6848 of 10005
Swouncing
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.
MechaKrelboyne - Feb 25, 2004 3:14:42 am PST #6849 of 10005
... and that's a Pantera's box you don't want to open. - Mister Furious
For the utter nonsensicalness of the statement, added to it's inner truth, I want to throw 'Delicious Babies got SPAZZED' into the ring.
Deena - Feb 25, 2004 3:17:37 am PST #6850 of 10005
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
I like using it as a verb, and delicious babies is cool; istanbul would also be nice, because it was, spazzed, I mean.
Jon B. - Feb 25, 2004 3:36:35 am PST #6851 of 10005
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
The Quotable Buffy 3: Delicious Babies and Istanbul got Spazzed!
t edited for the right number
MechaKrelboyne - Feb 25, 2004 3:37:58 am PST #6852 of 10005
... and that's a Pantera's box you don't want to open. - Mister Furious
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.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 25, 2004 4:14:38 am PST #6853 of 10005
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I'll second Jon's suggestion.
§ ita § - Feb 25, 2004 4:29:45 am PST #6854 of 10005
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Using it as a verb works better for me. As a noun, I can't make it not offensive.