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Friday, May 16, 2008 12:00 AM

What's so bad about "sweetie," anyway?

Why we should care about Barack Obama's preferred term of endearment.
Rebecca Traister

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  • Friday, May 16, 2008 03:57 PM

    A lot of something over nothing.

    Rebecca, you need to chill some. If the words sweetie, hon, dear, and love referring to a stranger were all made to be "inappropiate", there wouldn't be a truckstop diner, Denny's or coffee shop in the country with a waitress not in trouble over saying it.

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