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Colloquialism (Indian giver) Warning: don’t make the same mistake as Matt Lauer

by Bob Joseph Earlier this year, I wrote about Kevin O’Leary, a business commentator and co-host of the The Lang & O’Leary Exchange, unwisely using the term “Indian giver” during a heated, live debate on his show in March, 2011. He received a lot of flack in the media, justifiably, for using an offensive colloquial expression, and was reprimanded by the CBC Ombudsman. Now, here we are just over one year later another media personality, Matt Lauer, live on NBC, used the same expression Read more [...]