It was certainly a sterotype but not necessarily a slur. It was akin to "preppie" or "jock".
Yeah. Though, when I was in high school, we used "Abercrombie" instead of "preppy."
It's just an object. It doesn't mean what you think.
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Hil R. - Dec 11, 2008 5:53:16 am PST #4084 of 10000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Trudy Booth - Dec 11, 2008 6:00:34 am PST #4085 of 10000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Abercrombie! Hee!
"Guinea T" and "wife beater" were used interchangeably (tough my school almost always said the former). Eventually somebody noticed they were pretty offensive. Now Torrid referrs to them as "beaters". Which? Still offensive. It's like saying "the N word". You're still USING the term, you know?
Barb - Dec 11, 2008 6:02:52 am PST #4086 of 10000
“Not dead yet!”
Oy, I just got cranky on my blog. Be interesting to see if there's any response.
Emily - Dec 11, 2008 6:12:46 am PST #4087 of 10000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Even "Indian summer" came from a slur. It's amazing the way these things become fixtures.
Vortex - Dec 11, 2008 6:28:24 am PST #4088 of 10000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
omg! One of the FSU football players is going to be on the Colbert Report. I don't know when, his name is Myron Rolle and he's awesome. Star football player, Rhodes Scholar, pre med. actually he's finished with bachelor's work.
I heard him on NPR, he sounded like such a sweetie!
Oh great. My boobs killed the thread.
Well, if by killing you meant “joyously overwhelmed with the thought of Suzi boobage”, then yes.
Trudy Booth - Dec 11, 2008 6:54:26 am PST #4089 of 10000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Even "Indian summer" came from a slur. It's amazing the way these things become fixtures.
I once got into an argument with an Englishman about where that phrase was from and just what Indians were being referenced. We didn't even think to ponder its offensiveness or not.
Toddson - Dec 11, 2008 6:58:25 am PST #4090 of 10000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
OK, you people have to cut back on posting links to yummy clothes ... or I'll be forced - FORCED, I tell you - to start posting stuff I've found on my own - like this. sigh ....
Emily - Dec 11, 2008 6:58:45 am PST #4091 of 10000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
At least if I remember correctly (and who knows!) it's the same general stereotype as "Indian giver" -- it's just that since we think of it as a good thing, it's a kind of weird use of a slur. Like some anti-Indian guy was thinking, "Oh yeah, and when it gets all nice when it should be getting cold instead -- just like those Indians!"
Connie Neil - Dec 11, 2008 7:04:54 am PST #4092 of 10000
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I was very suprised to find out Indian summer was supposed to be a slur. It's always seemed so evocative of slipping through the woods, taking advantage of the last good weather to gather nuts and do some hunting to lay in food for the winter. Like the previous blast of cold weather was fair warning that it's time to get serious about winter.
Emily - Dec 11, 2008 7:06:59 am PST #4093 of 10000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Wikipedia says there are three possible etymologies, and only one is the offensive one I mentioned. So, er... never mind.
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