Teletubby 148,794 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 'spazz' was changed to 'hold me back' — Lizzo's new song "Grrrls" has set social media alight for one particular offensive phrase which opens verse one of the song: “Hold my bag, bitch, hold my bag/Do you see this ****? I’ma spazz”. source According to some comments it's a slur in the UK but not in the US. "You b*tch!" ~ Rat Boy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KURUSHITOVSKA 20,451 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Can people be offended by things that actually do hurt us?... It's getting tyring to see people complain about literally anything, it's like I was born a brunette, can all blonde people just dye their hair so I don't feel bad about my hair? ¿Qué currículum tiene ésta tarántula? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionic 49,855 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 I remember the extended form of the word being used in Xtina "Elastic Love" and the discourse about how that excluded it from being a single for the hit indie album Bionic Spoiler as if that album was ever getting more singles stream bionic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneaky Oliver 22,067 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 I really hate this “please remove the word from your song” I mean the song is done. If it’s not a slur in the US, so she shouldn’t be held accountable for that! If anyone listens to it and raises an eyebrow, you already know that it’s not a slur for her or where she lives! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meta Mart 352 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 People get called spazz. Bit of entertaining humanism is allright. So long as it's not an overshadowing pitfall. By Century's End We Will Have Another Lady Gaga Album Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelloBarbara 1,522 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 I understand why people would be offended by this - but I think people sometimes forget words can have multiple meanings, especially internationally. I mean I come from Scotland and we all call cigarettes “f*gs”. But I’m not gonna go around telling everyone they can’t call them that anymore cos I’m gay and find that word offensive. There’s no room for nuance anymore. Hiiieee Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KORG 4,756 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 I mean... from an etymology point of view.. Spaz in America likely derives from "Spasm", an involuntary, nonsense jerking movement. Makes sense. Spaz is used this way in many places. Spaz is also used as a shortened "spastic", which is, again, about muscle spasm. What we have here is a hononym (or just an abbreviation actually). It would serve these "educated" people well to learn THAT word before policing all the other words in the dictionary. The dictionary is free to use if you want to look the words up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremiahsaint1000 487 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 this is a bit of reach......... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan 2,079 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 When I heard it I was shocked that no one picked up on it. Yes, it should be removed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukasson 475 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 If people feel offended by something they should be able to express that. Invalidating someone’s feelings won’t make you a better person. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Spazz doesnt mean the same in the US. Case closed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phaye Monster 8,731 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 It’s definitely a slur here in the UK and it does make me uncomfortable to hear used so casually. Lizzie songs usually do pretty well here on radio and it’d be really unfortunate for so many people to hear. Maybe it’s different in the US but it still feels wrong to hear. I don’t think she meant harm but if she were a UK only sort of singer, she’d be told to change it. To put it into comparison, a couple of years ago a Mario Party game released here that included the word “spastic” in a rhyme in one part of the game and all copies of the game had to be recalled and the line changed. So it’s definitely not a word well received here. I'm an ARTPOP bitch, baby Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Boy 3,238 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 10 people on Twitter is not “under fire”. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaga2645 2,228 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 I feel like people keep trying to cancel lizzo just because at this point. Someone once told me she was cancelled for tweeting about streaming her songs too much? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peroxide555 587 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 As a Brit it is absolutely a slur… I’m sort of surprised nobody picked up on this beforehand given the amount of writers involved? At the very least she should say something and clarify why the word is there in the first place. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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