Balls to the wall is not from testicles.
Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative
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#242Balls to the wall is not from testicles.
That's besides the point. someone might think of testicles if you were ever to say such a thing, which could be psychologically damaging to those that have a fear of balls.
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#243Balls to the wall is not from testicles.
Why would you expect any of this to be rational? It's just people trying to exert power over others, because we collectively let them behave in this way.
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#247Never go full Sapir–Whorf.
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#248Some of these are very strange to me - is really preferable (or even appropriate) to say that someone is devoted to heroin instead of addicted?
Or the 1st suggestion (which you omitted): Hooked.
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#249Never go full Sapir–Whorf
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