I had a long rant here but I decided to chop it down.

What I wanted to say is we should reserve the word tough. Being a scrapper, or making a lot of noise is better defined by the term "spaz" in my opinion.

Tough is opting to be a social minority, like an environmentalist or vegetarian.

Now, being both of those gives me a bit of a bias, but hey, if I didn't think I was tough I'd be pretty upset with myself.