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"Old"? 43? Jeez. Tough crowd. Let me grab my walker.
Here's the deal -you (or someone else) may mean it as a joke. Others may not receive it as such. It's not about being pc, it's about respect. It's also about context - while your fraternity brother might not take offense to being called a "frat", a Greek from another campus or org might. So the smart, dare I say it, MATURE, thing to do is to NOT use any terms which might be misconstrued in a group which you are not 100% sure shares your sense of "humor". The final analysis of whether a term is offensive or not rests with the "butt" of the joke. However hilarious you find it, if the person who is a member of the group doesn't laugh, too, you've missed the mark.
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Last edited by SWTXBelle; 03-02-2008 at 12:44 PM.
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