what is the body?

i'm writing  an article for a journal about young people, technology and embodied spirituality.

I just did the MS Word thesaurus lookup on "body" (cause I've used the word too much) and it came back with...

corpse
dead body
cadaver
remains
carcass
stiff
deceased

apart from the obvious fact that these people have been watching too many monty python parrot sketches, isnt it bizarre that 'body' means 'dead'.....

thanks bill gates. and the corporate body microsoft...