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Thread #124570   Message #2760098
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
05-Nov-09 - 09:44 AM
Thread Name: Rebel Flag meaning
Subject: RE: Rebel Flag meaning
"one might say scizophrenic"   

But one would be much better not to.

The Guardian style guide entry on the use and misuse of this term surely gets it right: "use only in a medical context, never to mean "in two minds", contradictory, or erratic, which is wrong, as well as offensive to people diagnosed with this illness; schizophrenic should never be used as a noun. It is a medical term for a terrible condition."