Generic and second-use terms

“Birthdays were happy, exciting, chaotic, and connectional with food—the ultimate source of pleasure—so excitement was a birthday party. But excitement, terror and fury are very similar emotions, so I still scream “birthday party” when expectations are more than I can cope with.”
Lucy Blackman, Autism and the Myth of the Person Alone, p. 165

“Birthdays were happy, exciting, chaotic, and connectional with food—the ultimate source of pleasure—so excitement was a birthday party. But excitement, terror and fury are very similar emotions, so I still scream “birthday party” when expectations are more than I can cope with.”