Tag: words
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Adoption is not for dirty highways
Everytime I hear the word ‘adopt’ used in reference to anything other than a human child I get wild-eyed crazy and totally furious. How am I supposed to explain to my kids what a wonderful thing adoption is when it can also apply to filthy highways or zoo animals? I like animals. I like them…
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Can we just grow up and stop saying "retarded"?
Seems like just this week I’ve seen in several posts the use of the word ‘retarded’ to mean stupid. You know, like “Dude, that’s just retarded!” Since I mostly read mom blogs, I guess I’m even more shocked by this. Why is it still acceptable for people to speak this way? How come no one…