[all the best]

The biggest lie is calling it “reform”. “Reform” connotes improvement. If someone is a drunk then stops drinking and walks the straight and narrow, we say he reformed. If he goes from teetotaler to drunk nobody would say that he reformed.
DEFORMED is more like it.

[joanie-f]

The biggest lie is calling it “reform”. “Reform” connotes improvement. If someone is a drunk then stops drinking and walks the straight and narrow, we say he reformed. If he goes from teetotaler to drunk nobody would say that he reformed.

An excellent point, which is why I generally try to remember to put quotation marks around the word whenever I use it in this context.

Thanks for the valuable insights.

~ joanie