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Old 10-03-2008, 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by alum View Post
I assume the OP's jappy reference is a stereotype on new money, wealthy Jewish girls. Is Jappy any worse than WASPy?
I find them equally offensive

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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle View Post
I personally don't like being called a WASP.
Nor do I. I never heard the term until I was in high school, and even then, it was said very disparagingly.

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Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel View Post
It is on my birth certificate, how strange is that?
VERY strange! I thought I had seen it all when it comes to vital documents! Yikes!


Seriously, for those of you all who think someone is flattered to be called a WASP, you are very mistaken. I can only imagine that using JAP would be so, too.

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