As one theory goes, some wag noticed that the expression of a person whose facial muscles were paralyzed by a treatment with "busu" apparently resembled less than-appealing women he may have encountered; thus, the word "busu" eventually came to refer to people whose faces look like they were poisoned with monkshood, and then more generally to people with less-than-appealing facial appearance. (Relatedly, there is a kyogen play entitled "Busu", where monkshood is featured as a plot device. There are performances of it on YouTube, e.g. https://youtu.be/D-8cbbUPRNo)The closest analogue of this derogatory term to modern times would be "Botox face": both botulinum toxin and monkshood have paralyzing qualities, that one treated by any of those toxins in inappropriate dosages has an unnatural facial appearance, and is thus subject to mockery.(2/2)

For fucks sake. Is my asthma really getting worse right now? Srsly? These late period cramps and whatever's up with my knee are unreal. Had 300 mg aspirin recently, so I'd be very annoyed to have AERD or N-ERD.