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To: NOBO2012

Telling people what words they can and cannot use is, well, bossy.


2 posted on 03/11/2014 9:32:25 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Army Air Corps

“Boss” or “Bossy”, as applied to domestic cattle, refers to the Greek name for the genus Bos, and is referenced in geography as the strait between the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus, or the “ox ford”.

“Boss” in reference to cattle has been part of the language for some 3,000 years, and perhaps even longer. And the Chicago Bears linebacker can overturn that in a remark from the White Hut in which she is squatting?


8 posted on 03/11/2014 9:49:20 AM PDT by alloysteel (Obamacare - Death and Taxes now available online. One-stop shopping at its best!)
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