Yes! to Helen Woodman & others getting finnicky (i.e. precise) about using
the term "test weighing" when what we mean is "weighing"! Seems like part of
the medical fields' tendency to think that a regular word that people
understand isn't good enough, or scientific enough, or intimidating
enough...

Here's another term I have problems with, and I hear it (and probably even
use it) all the time from LC's, nurses, midwives, and other strong bf
advocates: "flat nipples". Women just don't like to hear the term "flat"
associated with their breasts! Social conditioning, adolescence, etc...all
those reasons - it just makes us feel inadequate, insufficient somehow. I
try to use the term "soft", or "rounded" instead, or talk about a nipple
that doesn't stick out much, or other non-loaded terms. Am I overly
sensitive here?

Cathy Bargar, in Ithaca NY