97.3 The Dawg » offensive language http://973thedawg.com Acadiana's Best Country Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:44:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 The State Department Wants You to Stop Using Offensive Phrases You Don't Even Know Are Offensive http://973thedawg.com/state-department-offensive-phrases/ http://973thedawg.com/state-department-offensive-phrases/#comments Sat, 01 Sep 2012 17:30:05 +0000 Mike Adams http://tsminteractive.com/?p=138577 It appears as if the State Department wants to wash out the mouths of the American people with a proverbial bar of soup for being so insensitive to the offensive nature of popular phrases like “hold down the fort” and “rule of thumb.”

]]> http://973thedawg.com/state-department-offensive-phrases/feed/ 0 Waterboysh, Flcikr Are Negative Remarks About a Person's Weight Offensive? — Survey of the Day http://973thedawg.com/are-negative-remarks-about-a-persons-weight-offensive-survey-of-the-day/ http://973thedawg.com/are-negative-remarks-about-a-persons-weight-offensive-survey-of-the-day/#comments Sat, 01 Sep 2012 13:03:05 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://tsminteractive.com/?p=138134 These days, over 60 percent of American adults are classified as overweight or obese.

Since the majority of Americans are currently packing on extra pounds, does that make it okay to make negative remarks about a person’s weight?

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