Definitions by Harvey
basket case
The phrase has its roots in WW2. When a soldier came into a medical facility with a limb or multiple limbs detatched from his body, the nurses would call the patient a "basket case". As in they had to bring the soldier to them in a basket.
Modern day usage is to describe someone that is in need of extreme assistance(mental or physical).
Modern day usage is to describe someone that is in need of extreme assistance(mental or physical).
basket case by Harvey May 13, 2005
jiggasprout
jiggasprout by Harvey February 16, 2005