Slipped Disc
© 1999, Chris Heller
Slipped Disc
One of the more negative forms of the word "slip" comes in the term "slipped disc." A type of back injury that causes intense pain, the slipped disc does not involve any slippage at all, according to The Spinal Foundation. That leaves those of us who have never experienced this injury to ponder why it is called this. It undoubtedly has something to do with some guy slipping on a banana peel.