Monster?
This word has very bad connotations in my generation and before. It transcends horror movies. Not to put too fine a point on it for those of you who are younger, a monster is what a newborn was called who had severe physical birth defects. These newborn were often missing parts of their skulls or face, limbs, or their organs were on the outside of their bodies rather than on the inside.
When I was young, the adults would be talking about some poor lady in the neighborhood who had given birth to, and they would lower their voices, a “monster”. No more needed to be said.
We have come along way thank God. As an aside, there used to be an expression of “FLK” which is short for funny-looking kid. It was an expression used in hospitals when a child was brought in who looked unusual, but a diagnosis of the syndrome has not been made. It has been since changed to “UAC”, short for unusual-appearing child. Much more palatable, of course.
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