I remeber the uproar during the Simpson trial-cum-circus when (Chochran? Bailey?) referenced Marcia Something's behavior as "hysterics", which was promptly thrown before the court like a dead cat, as "hysteria" stems from "hyster-" (womb) and implied a wandering uterus to be the origin.
While I can see the inherent offense in such terms, I think there are times when people need to ease up a bit.
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Date: 2009-05-15 06:21 pm (UTC)While I can see the inherent offense in such terms, I think there are times when people need to ease up a bit.