→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "“” didn’t mean someone who was crazy. Instead, it referred to someone who had a physical disability. The phrase has its origins in World War I. Funny enough, one of the earliest known documented instances of the phrase was actually in denial that “basket cases” actually existed, as found in a bulletin issued in March of 1919 on behalf of the United States Surgeon General: Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/01/call-someone-insane-basket-case/ Sources: http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/56500.html http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=basket+case http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-basket-case.htm http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19961023 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2238187/How-mixing-millions-soldiers-World-War-One-led-words-binge-drink-washed-cushy-enter-everyday-use.html http://www.worldwar1.com/heritage/wordswar.htm