Re: Anyone else uncomfortable with this term?

ROMARY · ‎04-28-2010

I'm not crazy about 'H*ly C*w' , either. Aren't cows considered holy/sacred somewhere? (Seriously)

'More or less', 'Right or wrong', 'In general', and 'Just thinking out loud ' (as usual).

RainCityGirl · ‎12-16-2012

On 3/3/2015 ROMARY 1 said:
I'm not crazy about 'H*ly C*w' , either. Aren't cows considered holy somewhere? (Seriously)

India (Hindu Religion)

goodstuff · ‎03-09-2010

Crude.

hyacinth003 · ‎03-12-2010

Well, babies do it on a pacifier or their thumb, we do it on a straw, a vacuum does it.

None of those things are bad or crude.

So, if there isn't some negative connotation somewhere to it, how did it become such a negative term?

To my knowledge, it's only used as a negative now.

Hyacinth ${#emotions_dlg.confused1}$

NoelSeven · ‎03-09-2010

On 3/3/2015 hyacinth003 said:
Well, babies do it on a pacifier or their thumb, we do it on a straw, a vacuum does it.

None of those things are bad or crude.

So, if there isn't some negative connotation somewhere to it, how did it become such a negative term?

To my knowledge, it's only used as a negative now.

Hyacinth ${#emotions_dlg.confused1}$

It's used all of the time to mean something is no good.

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ROMARY · ‎04-28-2010

Thanks, Rain City Girl. I never use the term. It doesn't seem appropriate (to me).

'More or less', 'Right or wrong', 'In general', and 'Just thinking out loud ' (as usual).

this is my nic · ‎03-30-2010

It's a crude term and intelligent people with a decent vocabulary should find other words to use.

insomniac · ‎03-09-2010

I started hearing it a lot when I was teaching middle school in the mid-80s. It just sounds vulgar to me.

hyacinth003 · ‎03-12-2010

On 3/3/2015 NoelSeven said:
On 3/3/2015 hyacinth003 said:
Well, babies do it on a pacifier or their thumb, we do it on a straw, a vacuum does it.

None of those things are bad or crude.

So, if there isn't some negative connotation somewhere to it, how did it become such a negative term?

To my knowledge, it's only used as a negative now.

Hyacinth ${#emotions_dlg.confused1}$

It's used all of the time to mean something is no good.

I know exactly how it is used. I'm asking HOW it got to be used as a bad description if it never was thought of as bad. I originally said that it was used as bad and was not used.

That maybe the origin of the negative CAME FROM what I originally described. And that's why I have a hard time hearing it thrown around.

If I am making any sense to say it the right way!!

Hyacinth