[mrec]

> I never associated the word spaz with... I dunno what it is... multiple sclerosis or whatever

Usually cerebral palsy, I think, or (less commonly) epilepsy. I'm not sure it's still that common in the UK; I don't think I've heard it in the wild since the 80s [1], though some of that may just reflect the people I talk to as I get older.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Deacon#Blue_Peter_and_cul...

[codyb]

Yea that's it... definitely wasn't on our minds when we were 14 in middle school in America lol