[originally published in KCN, July 2011]
The word on my white board the other day was “spizz” — a word that invariably provoked a question from each one of my patients.
“What does spizz mean, Dr. Lamar?”
“Well,” I would reply, “it’s short for spizzerinctum. Does that help?”
“No,” was the answer with a smile, I heard 99.9% of the time. No one knew what it meant — except for one elderly lady. (more…)