"Who? Mike Hunt? Hold on i'll check....."
Posted on 06/15/2004 10:11:04 AM PDT by rface
In a sworn statement to be made public Tuesday, University of Colorado President Elizabeth Hoffman said a four-letter word used toward women can sometimes be used as a "term of endearment."
The comment comes from Hoffman's latest sworn testimony in connection with a federal lawsuit against the university.
The suit was filed by women who say they were sexually assaulted by CU football players and recruits.
A lawyer for one of the women asked Hoffman about former CU kicker Katie Hnida being called the "c- word" by a teammate.
That player was later disciplined by coach Gary Barnett for making the remark.
In the deposition, Hoffman was asked whether the "c-word" is "filthy and vile."
She said she knows the word is a swear word, but "It is all in the context of what--of how it is used and when it is used."
She was asked, "Can you indicate any polite context in which that word would be used?"
Hoffman answered, "Yes, I've actually heard it used as a term of endearment."
A CU spokeswoman said President Hoffman is aware of the negative connotations associated with the word.
But, the spokesperson said, because Hoffman is a medieval scholar, she is aware of the long history of the word. She said it was not always a negative term.
Additionally, some CU critics are scheduled to meet with Gov. Bill Owens Tuesday, to talk about how the university is handling the football recruiting scandal.
lol
I was just being nice.
Is anyone else having flashbacks of "That depends on what the meaning of the word "is" is."??
I think the older Lynyrd Skynyrd song "Gimme Threee Steps" uses this term of endearment in the live version from the album "One More from the Road"
What a silly person. What I guess she means is that the "c" word might be said to a woman playfully, ie in a joking way, rather than with a mean intension. Term of endearment, I do not think so.
BTW, when Jim Rice was with the Red Sox some silly reporter heard a teammate or someone with the club call him an " ole bush "n"-word." It was apparently playful and both Rice and whomever said it, denied it and claimed he called Rice an "Ole Bush." And of course if you are African-American, wait scratch that, a black African-American you can use the "n"-word all you want. It is the first segregated word.
The silliness that these people who want to use words to disqualify people except like in the case of Gary Barnett at CU this time when they don't want the word, which by the way Barnett is not accused of saying to disqualify someone. The beauty of PC.
I thought Couric had more letters than that.
I guess she has a pimp instead of a boyfriend.
To me, that is one of the most despicable words ever uttered.
I'm appalled.
Mind you, I was in the Army (enlisted), and I come into daily contact with 15-year-olds, so I'm no prude. This one, however, is--to me--nothing BUT debasing.
(I'll bet jmstein7 won't have to sleep on the couch! Why would anyone MARRY someone toward whom this word ever arose??)
"Charge"? Now there's a c-word I try to keep my wife from hearing or using.
Try it in the mall sometime, or try it out on your wife. Have your health insurance up-to-date.
Kind of like Mulva or Gipple.
I could see her having an EXTREMELY short career at Hallmark!!!!
Oh, wait DELORIS!
Rhymes with punt.
haha!
I am trying to write a love poem incoroprating the c-word.
RUSH ALERT!!
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