Diamond Jubilee

source: CNN.com
http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/europe/diamond-jubilee/the-queen-in-numbers/index.html?hpt=hp_c3

How offensive is the word "lunatic"?

Two US senators have proposed to excise the word "lunatic" from federal law, calling it outdated and offensive. What are the word's origins and why is it so offensive?

The word "lunatic" has been codified into US law so long it has outlasted its currency in the psychiatric profession. 

Many experts say they are surprised a term that in antiquity referred to madness influenced by the lunar cycle survives in such a prominent place in the US Code - its very first section.

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Word for today: ''boilerplate''

Boilerplate is any text that is or can be reused in new contexts or applications without being changed much from the original.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boilerplate