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Old 05-02-2004, 12:18 PM
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Originally Posted by darklinensuit
"Pus" the word is as gross as real pus. It's just disgusting and conjures a mental image that you do not want to have. And pus is associated with pain and infection. Yada yada yada...

- Jake
Aaahhhh, yes, brings me back to the good ol' days of nursing school when we all realized we could not use a certain adjective to describe an infected wound:

Pus-filled - yes
Engorged with pus - OK
Draining pus - yup

Wound is very pussy - um, wait.......

Paula

PS - I hate THAT word to describe the female anatomy too, it's SO cheesey porno.
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