We cats have had our fill of the following terms and phrases. We're wondering if they can be banned. (Or, in the case of this post's final example, banned in Boston.) Check 'em out:
"First lady" — Folks, North Korea does not have a "first lady." The roly-poly Kim guy who apparently is the head of that country's mysterious government has just as mysteriously gotten married to a cute girl. If you said "first lady" to a North Korean, he or she would just blink at you. Cut it out.
"Makeshift memorial" — It never fails. Every time something awful happens — the Twin Towers collapse, the Murrah Building gets blown up, a car packed with teens crashes and burns, or some too-heavily-armed lamebrain shoots up a roomful of people — news anchors call the heartfelt collections of flowers, photos, candles and teddy bears that mourners leave at the scene makeshift you-know-whats. Note to the press: You are way too enamored with alliteration. Come up with something different.
"Faggot" — This word is so unacceptable, and for so many reasons, it didn't really need to fall from the mouth of Sarah Palin's illegitimate grandchild in order to appear on this list. And since most people in television are intelligent enough not to use the term, this item is solely directed at reality TV producers and to all members of that low-IQ family up in Wasilla, Alaska (you know who you are).
"Anglo-Saxon" — Although Willard Mitt Romney is denying his campaign ever uttered this term to The Daily Telegraph, we cats don't doubt it for a second. Romney lives in an Anglo-Saxon world. His campaign rallies are lily-white — have you ever seen people of color on the dais behind him? — and heck, his own church barred blacks until 1978. Besides, since Romney and his team all use the same quaint, stilted language — "my goodness," "not enthusiastic," "a couple Cadillacs," and "heh, heh" — we're not surprised that a key adviser would sound like someone out of a Robin Hood movie. (Or give a not-so-subtle dog whistle to the KKK.)
We cats HISS.
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