Weighing in: I've no problem using OCD as a descriptor and don't think it tirivilaises the condition. After all, I can say "Isn't yer man mad all the same" without actually implying he is insane (and you Americans use the word to indicate angry anyway) or putting down those who genuinely have mental problems. Just as someone could say "spazz out" and have no intention of insulting actual spastics, if that word is even used any more.
Anyway I think I do have certain OCD traits. Things do have to be done in a certain way. Even when I wash dishes, it's always dinner plates first, then side plates, then cups (big Dalek mug I use to heat up sis's milk always first) then glasses, followed by knives, forks, tablespoons and teaspoons, always in that order.
The moral is: don't get your knickers twisted so much when someone uses a phrase that has passed into common English usage. After all, if I call you a tool am I being disrespectful to spanners? If I call you a spanner, am I intentionally excluding all other handtools? This stuff gets way too PC way too much. It's only a word after all.
And yeah, thanks all for derailing my thread.
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