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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I called my 3-year-old a goofball at Gymboree today and the mother next to me gave me the dirtiest look.  I tried to ignore it and later said it again and she very loudly proclaimed to her DS, "that's not a word we use is it Larlo?  We use helpful words."

I was kind of taken aback.  I consider myself pretty progressive and I've eliminated many words from my vocabulary but goofball is not one.

Is there some negative connotation I'm missing or was this woman just particularly sensitive.

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If something is derogatory it means it is offensive to an ethnic group.  I can't imagine what is derogatory about "goofball."  Ignore the woman.  She is one of those who has wrapped her child in bubble paper and will be clutching her pearls for years to come.[/quote]
Derogatory does not mean offensive to an ethnic group!  Where did you get that idea?[/quote]

Correct.  Calling someone a f a g g o t, for example, has nothing to do with ethnicity, but it sure as hell is derogatory. [/quote]

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