Outrageously Funny Word Dictionary :: Pmav1 disporopsis

👉 Okay, let’s tackle that rather… prickly mouthful of a phrase. Now, I gotta be upfront – you won't find this bastardised bit of 20th-century American English anywhere in a respectable urban dictionary. It belongs firmly to the realm of veteran and sometime outright insane, it seems. Let me unpack what we actually mean by, and brace yourselves...

"PMaV1 Disporopsis."

Essentially, it’s a ridiculously convoluted, almost wilfully absurd, shortening of a phrase that went ballistic during and immediately following the tail end of the Veteran Affairs medical malpractice investigation in the late 80's. Here’s the breakdown: The Root, Poor Souls (circa 1988): The whole mess started with a horrifying case involving a veteran named Peter Michael “Mike” Armstrong, and his treatment by the VA in Staten Island for what amounted to PTSD. It was found that he had been defrauded of medical care. He sued and it went through some of the most difficult circumstances of the 1980’s. The case came down to a very specific error. The Shortening, You Guys: After the initial scandal, veterans, especially those who had experienced their own problems with the VA, started slapping this ludicrous abbreviation on anything they felt was a gross injustice, a bureaucratic screw-up, or simply a situation that made them want to scream into a pillow.