I think the word dysfunctional need not be an indication of defectiveness or abnormality. What does it mean to be regularly functional these days anyway? To be stuck in a pedestrian job? Attending acrid cocktail parties and shopping at home depot on the weekend? Nothing is 'wrong' with any of the above but i think we place too much importance on labels and less on how to actually deal with life when it does break down and we can no longer cope how we usually do. I would agree with another poster in that the world just generalizes, it lacks descriptiveness and is therefore inaccurate.