Although a violent injury can damage a disk, problems with disks are often brought on by the normal aging process or by everyday activities, such as lifting heavy objects the wrong way, stretching too hard during a tennis volley, or slipping and falling on an icy sidewalk.
HOPLOPHOBE. A person who is afflicted with an irrational fear of firearms. Being averse to firearms since the shooting incident, they lobbied for more bans of all firearms citing the firearm's evil characteristics as reasons for the control measures.
âº a word or phrase used to avoid saying an unpleasant or offensive word:  1 Senior citizen is a euphemism for old person. 2  The article made so much use of euphemism that often its meaning was unclear. [ 3  C ] The phrase âleft to pursue other interestsâ is a euphemism for âfired.â. 4  euphemistic words for âdeadâ.