renaissance poisson

I remember, maybe a few years back, Tiger Woods made a comment using the word "spaz" and it blew up into a huge thing, especially in the U.K. where I think people were more aware of the word's origins. That was the first time I ever knew it was problematic; I hadn't been aware before, and had only ever heard it used to describe people acting generically ditzy and hyperactive.

I pretty much have to keep a whole mental box dedicated to those words I unthinkingly picked up in elementary school as acceptable to use - retarded, moron, etc.