...and no one says "died" any longer, now it's he/she passed...
I'm sorry, but "died' is a perfectly legitimate word, though, yes, I understand the need for euphemisms...sigh.
I may be dead relatively soon (gad, I hope not, but I'm somewhat advanced...) and if my death is referred to as "he passed on" I'll come back and haunt he euphemizer...
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- Wed Feb 13, 2013 5:11 pm
- Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
- Topic: The "W" word and it's connotations.
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- Wed Feb 13, 2013 3:03 pm
- Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
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Re: The "W" word and it's connotations.
MOS 11C10 - 81 MM Mortars, yeah I know...I was a mortarman for a time...
Also, machine-GUN, but in general we didn't refer to our rifles as GUNS...if we did, gawd help us...
Also, machine-GUN, but in general we didn't refer to our rifles as GUNS...if we did, gawd help us...
- Wed Feb 13, 2013 2:28 pm
- Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
- Topic: The "W" word and it's connotations.
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Re: The "W" word and it's connotations.
Sorry, I can't be politically correct to appease the pansiness of the general public.
In the Army, we called them weapons, rifle, piece, but NEVER guns.
Does the word weapon cause some to quiver?
Grow up.
It (rifle, pistol, shotgun) ARE weapons.
The word doesn't mean they're evil.
Get over it.
If I make a fist, my hand is a weapon.
So what?
Grow up.
In the Army, we called them weapons, rifle, piece, but NEVER guns.
Does the word weapon cause some to quiver?
Grow up.
It (rifle, pistol, shotgun) ARE weapons.
The word doesn't mean they're evil.
Get over it.
If I make a fist, my hand is a weapon.
So what?
Grow up.