I have no idea what brought this on, but I was just thinking about the lazy eye.
Why does an eye get an adjective like “lazy” when most other medical conditions have, oh, I don’t know, something a little more specific? If a doctor tells me I have an inflamed tendon in my wrist I am getting at least a bit of description. The tendon is inflamed, this is why my wrist hurts, tadaa! Meanwhile a lazy eye tells me… what? That I need to whip it into shape? “Get off your ass, eyeball, and be more productive around the house!”? I’m pretty sure that doesn’t do a damn thing, except perhaps make me look crazy.
But that got me thinking that maybe, instead of wondering why the lazy eye gets to have an adjective like “lazy,” I should be wondering why other body parts don’t get similar treatment. How great would it be if you went to the doctor with stomach pains and he told you, “Well, you’ve got a melodramatic lower intestine”? Or if you went to the dermatologist to have a mole checked out and she told you, “It’s nothing to worry about, really, just a sad mole.”
I think that would make medical maladies at least a bit more interesting.
I love this idea!!
Just start doing it on your own.
“I have a really excitable toe this morning.”
“My nose is acting mopey.”