Both Uses of
chronic
in
Turtles All the Way Down
- We refer to it with catch-all terms, like crazy or chronic pain, terms that both ostracize and minimize.†
p. 89.6 *
- The term chronic pain captures nothing of the grinding, constant, ceaseless, inescapable hurt.†
p. 89.7
Definitions:
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(1)
(chronic) of something bad: long-lasting or happening all the time -- especially of disease
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, Chronics is a proper noun referring to an Italian pop and punk band.