Word: cusses
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This was Cleveland's famous illegitimate tyke, 10 years old in 1884, who would be immortalized in the song, "Ma! Ma! Where's My Pa?" - "Little Tom Tid was a frolicsome kid/ A cute little cuss I declare...
...shock of living with a toddler tough, I realized that she was probably too young even to know what she was saying. So I decided to call an expert for advice. "How old did you say this baby is?" asked James O'Connor, author of a new book called Cuss Control: The Complete Book on How to Curb Your Cursing (Three Rivers; $12.95), which went on sale last week. Parents who came of age in the '60s and '70s, he said, "decided to do what we wanted and say what we wanted. So today our children are swearing more...
...those anonymous government jobs like lieutenant governor and controller, which are somewhat like assistant manager at the K Mart. "It was 'My way or the highway,'" says a Democratic legislator who had run-ins with Davis early on and found out that the buttoned-up, innocuous-looking Davis could cuss like a sailor. "Sharks are gray too, aren't they?" asks an admirer, Democratic Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher...
Realizing I had better address my problem before it landed me a nickel in the can, I scheduled an appointment with Jim O'Connor, the founder of the Cuss Control Academy. Professor O'Connor is taking a break from teaching his two-hour, $45 classes to finish a book, which includes an entire chapter on the S word. However, he agreed to tutor me individually. O'Connor said I could use substitute words as a crutch, but advised employing a more positive, invective-free attitude. He suggested using shoot as a sort of cussing patch for the first few weeks...
...same outsiders who thought my husband's tractor was cool now cuss about having to drive behind him when they are in a hurry. CAROL HARDISON Arapahoe...