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).
by Harvey May 13, 2005

The real way to spell "cheese". Think about it, there is no s in the word cheeze! It's not chee-see, its cheeze!
by harvey August 17, 2003

by Harvey February 16, 2005
