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You're not supposed to use the M-word anymore,Buster !
Midget
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<!-- start content --><DL><DD><DL><DD>For the car, see MG Midget. For the band see Midget (band). </DD></DL></DD></DL>In the 19th century, midget was a medical term referring to an extremely short but normally-proportioned person and was used in contrast to dwarf, which denoted disproportionate shortness. Like many other older medical terms, as it became part of popular language, it was usually used in a pejorative sense. When applied to a person who is very short, midget is now often considered offensive. Modern terminology designates the two descriptions now by proportionate dwarfism vs. disproportionate dwarfism (such as achondroplasia). Proportionate dwarfism is often the result of a hormonal deficiency (such as human growth hormone), and it may be treated medically.
The word dwarf has generally replaced midget even for proportionally short people, though the term little person is preferred. According to the Little People of America, dwarfism is "a medical or genetic condition that usually results in an adult height of 4'10" (147 cm)[1] or shorter, among both men and women, although in some cases a person with a dwarfing condition may be slightly taller than that."
Midget
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<!-- start content --><DL><DD><DL><DD>For the car, see MG Midget. For the band see Midget (band). </DD></DL></DD></DL>In the 19th century, midget was a medical term referring to an extremely short but normally-proportioned person and was used in contrast to dwarf, which denoted disproportionate shortness. Like many other older medical terms, as it became part of popular language, it was usually used in a pejorative sense. When applied to a person who is very short, midget is now often considered offensive. Modern terminology designates the two descriptions now by proportionate dwarfism vs. disproportionate dwarfism (such as achondroplasia). Proportionate dwarfism is often the result of a hormonal deficiency (such as human growth hormone), and it may be treated medically.
The word dwarf has generally replaced midget even for proportionally short people, though the term little person is preferred. According to the Little People of America, dwarfism is "a medical or genetic condition that usually results in an adult height of 4'10" (147 cm)[1] or shorter, among both men and women, although in some cases a person with a dwarfing condition may be slightly taller than that."
uppy: I agree. I can't believe the shit he finds (but please tell me that was bogus...please)
i put this in the wrong thread...
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Rent-A-Midget Service Is Thinking Big
CHINO, Calif. (Wireless Flash) -- If you think good things come in small packages, there are three guys in Chino, California, who'd love to hear from you.
The three run a party-planning service called "Rent-A-Midget" which books pint-sized performers who do everything from stripteases to stand up comedy.
Co-owner Chris Fetterer says he and his pals came up with the idea after agreeing that having a midget at a party definitely makes it more fun -- and now they book gigs for five performing little people in the Southern California region.
Rent-A-Midget is currently promoting cupid impersonations for Valentine's Day, where a little person dresses up and gives your sweetheart some flowers, as well as midget Superbowl parties where the performer serves drinks each time the favored team scores a touchdown.
Fetterer says the performers love being paid to entertain -- at rates of $75 and up per gig -- and he loves helping them.
In his words, "We make almost nothing off the events we do. We just do it because it's fun."
CHINO, Calif. (Wireless Flash) -- If you think good things come in small packages, there are three guys in Chino, California, who'd love to hear from you.
The three run a party-planning service called "Rent-A-Midget" which books pint-sized performers who do everything from stripteases to stand up comedy.
Co-owner Chris Fetterer says he and his pals came up with the idea after agreeing that having a midget at a party definitely makes it more fun -- and now they book gigs for five performing little people in the Southern California region.
Rent-A-Midget is currently promoting cupid impersonations for Valentine's Day, where a little person dresses up and gives your sweetheart some flowers, as well as midget Superbowl parties where the performer serves drinks each time the favored team scores a touchdown.
Fetterer says the performers love being paid to entertain -- at rates of $75 and up per gig -- and he loves helping them.
In his words, "We make almost nothing off the events we do. We just do it because it's fun."
