Posted by beardedlady on June 2, 2002, at 6:33:32
In reply to Re: spastic new indicators, missing posts » beardedlady, posted by fi on June 1, 2002, at 16:37:20
that's not going to make it to my list of words to eschew. But it is also not on a list of words I use regularly. I picked it because I, as an English teacher, thought it fit. It's certainly no more derogatory than a it is when used with "spastic colon," a medical condition.
If we were to take out all the words that have been used, at least once, to denigrate others or to describe unpleasant conditions but also mean something quite innocuous, we'd only be able to utter a few ers, uhs, and thes.
I'm sorry if the word offended you personally. I doubt I'll have occasion to use it again.
beardy : )>
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