This discussion reminds me of Tina Fey in Mean Girls when she tells the junior girls they need to stop calling each other bitches and whores because it just makes it okay for guys to use the terms.
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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle
Gotcha - is it usually used more to describe a group, or an individual? I am quite sincere when I say I started this thread to gauge whether or not I was completely off-base with my reaction, and later to figure out how the "young uns" were using it.
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Hmm, I would say it's used more frequently to describe an individual.
I can see how outsiders looking in would find it offensive, just as I can see it being far more derogatory in nature depending on the campus.