Several women told HuffPost that they saw the insult as a debate-acceptable stand-in for more overtly offensive, women-specific insults, like "bitch" or "cunt".
Jot Carpenter, vice president of government affairs for the trade association, dismisses as "incredibly elitist" suggestions that smartphones are less than acceptable stand-ins for computers.
Jumping into the pit isn't mandatory; it's perfectly acceptable to stand in the back and watch the show or brave the horde in the front.
Stronger legislation is now in force setting acceptable stand ards for exhaust emissions from new and old cars, enforced by special police squads carrying out spot checks at the roadside.
It is a mutually acceptable stand-off between state and individual.
And at that point, if the rich object to such further income distribution, well, their hypocrisy will be so obvious that they will have no politically acceptable principle on which to stand in opposition".
"This is not acceptable," the mother, Cindy Shnaider, said as she stood in a Kmart store in southern Denver where scores of flu shots were given.
Two or three players have indicated they would like to leave the club and if they get moves that are acceptable to the club then we cannot stand in their way.
Finally, some have thought that the propositionalist assumption stands in the way of an acceptable solution to Frege's puzzle.
So, yeah, when I was confronted with it head on, I was taken aback and I definitely wanted to make a mark and take a stand and let people know that this is not acceptable in sport or in society.
Some analysts and investors say they expect Genentech will now have to take a bolder stand in opposing the bid or stating an acceptable price.
