By C. Michael Forsyth
Broadcasting heavyweight Rush Limbaugh unleashed a firestorm of controversy when he used the word “slut” on his radio show. Now a linguist has come forward with a list of alternative phrases for such offensive terms.
“In the last few decades, the level of discourse regarding women has become increasingly coarse,” observes Harlan Mistow of Cambridge, Mass. “A female who would once have been branded a shrew is now openly called the B word or even the C word. A ‘hussy’ is now a ‘skank.’
“By employing less judgmental language and in some cases drawing upon phrases from the past, we can avoid terms that are unnecessarily pejorative.”
The list will be very helpful to Rush and other public speakers, Mistow says.
Here, from the expert, are 13 common male terms for women and the better alternatives:
SLUT = SEXUALLY LIBERATED WOMAN
COCKTEASER = FLIRT
GOLD DIGGER = MATERIAL GIRL
BITCH = TAKE CHARGE TYPE
BULL DYKE = LADY WHO PREFERS THE COMPANY OF WOMEN
BIMBO = INGENUE
DOG = ALTERNATE-UNIVERSE HOTTIE
FAT PIG = CUDDLY CHICK
OLD MAID = ROMANTIC WHO’S STILL LOOKING FOR MR. RIGHT
FREAK = ADVENTUROUS TYPE
OLD BAG = VERY EXPERIENCED PERSON
STUCK UP C- -T = PRINCESS TYPE
SKANK = LADY WHO’S GENEROUS IN SHARING HER COMPANY

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