Word: insult
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...dear friend" at a political lobbying group. The friend, she says, became hostile, talked about her behind her back and then quit. The parting explanation, says Srebnik, was "that I had become one of 'them' " -- the power structure. For some women in the workplace, that is still the ultimate insult...
...Your holiness," he said, "The guys in 1234 are dancing with beautiful women, laughing and listening to raucous music by U2. It's an insult for those of us without real lives to have our miserableness put in our not-too-pretty faces...
Women who have chosen younger mates point to several advantages. "Younger men take for granted the philosophy that I subscribe to. They expect a woman to pick up a check as quickly as they would," says Shelly Mandell, 45, a lawyer in Los Angeles. "It doesn't insult their manhood if we make more money than they do." Nor do young partners feel threatened by a woman's aggressiveness in the bedroom. As a result, women contend, sex is better, more inventive. Though such pairings have long been regarded as "unnatural," supporters argue that they are biologically astute. Since...
...meet Jill Eisenstadt, however, is to be underwhelmed, and this is not an insult. She seems astonishingly normal and low-key, the kind of person who claims she previously couldn't even answer questions at interviews. Despite her Irish-looking face, she says, "I'm really Jewish, even though I don't look...
...actionable as a matter of law," argued the defense attorneys. Indeed, the judge suggested, it can be refreshing. "Creativity in the art of abusive epithet has all but disappeared," he stated. "It is all too rare today to hear the clear, clean ring of a really original insult...