Monday, February 07, 2005
I'm such a spaz!
I recently heard that the word "spaz" is apparently offensive. I've never heard of this before! I've spent the better part of my life bandying this word about like any child of the 80s, using it to mean "clumsy" or "flakey", usually in reference to myself. Anyone know how, why or to whom it's offensive? I never intended to go around casually using an offensive word!
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I assumed it had something to do with spastic, but I didn't know spastic was used to refer to disabled people. I was picturing it as somsone who's just randomly flailing about because they're clumsy or careless. Hmmm...I'd better train myself to stop using this word.
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