Another word falls victim to PC
Now your football team can't be called "the Cougars."
All we can say is, look out, Oregon State.
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Comments (19)
You, too, South Carolina.
Posted by Jack Bog | January 20, 2012 1:59 AM
Maybe "Corner Canyon H.S." nominators should just call themselves the "Painters" -- it covers both what they've done to themselves in that corner of their small world, and it's another nickname for mountain lions:
http://www.cougarfund.org/naturalhistory/names/
Posted by Mojo | January 20, 2012 3:19 AM
Looks like we have to rename grand teton.
thanks
JK
Posted by jim karlock | January 20, 2012 4:25 AM
Wilson High School and University of Spoiled Children, time for the Trojans to go. Mighty offensive to those trying to promote the practice safe sex.
Posted by PDXileinOmaha | January 20, 2012 6:10 AM
Those folks in Utah do know the nickname for BYU sports teams, don't they?
Posted by Nonny Mouse | January 20, 2012 6:48 AM
So Cougar should now be referred to as a C word?
Stunningly stupid.
And the name was a great choice by the students.
Corner Canyon Cougars is just too good for some of the jackass adults?
Idiots.
Posted by Ben | January 20, 2012 8:00 AM
Couldn't they remedy this by calling the team the
Gay Cougars
meaning happy animal cougars? That should eliminate any confusion.
Posted by Sid F. | January 20, 2012 8:01 AM
Don't you think some females might find the title "chargers" even more offensive?
Posted by JacCat | January 20, 2012 8:37 AM
I recently was sentenced to sleeping on the couch for 2 nights after having a discussion with my wife over our recent credit card bill. I mentioned that she was a prolific "charger" which instantaneously raised our household alert level to DEFCOM 3 within approximately 3 seconds. I was instead told she was merely a liberal shopper that may have become a bit "overzealous" in pursuit of post Christmas bargains.
Trust me, the school administration might rethink this one as well.
Posted by Clayman | January 20, 2012 9:39 AM
"All we can say is, look out, Oregon State."
Haha, I thought the same thing. And Wichita State -- you're also on the clock.
Posted by Brendan | January 20, 2012 9:51 AM
And whatever will the Lake Oswego School District do as the students of their largest Elementary School are the Lake Grove Cougars...
Posted by Pelep | January 20, 2012 10:47 AM
Call me old but I can never remember what MILF stands for, let alone figure out what constitutes a "Cougar."
Posted by NW Portlander | January 20, 2012 11:33 AM
What are they going to do, rename the animal now, too?
Posted by Soon-to-be-Dr. Alex | January 20, 2012 12:01 PM
"What are they going to do, rename the animal now, too?"
Ha! Yes, to:
"theanimalformerlyknownascougar"
Posted by Jill-O | January 20, 2012 1:37 PM
Yes, Cougar is offensive so the animal will be renamed "big pussy". That should solve the whole issue.
Posted by Andy | January 20, 2012 1:46 PM
This has nothing to do with anyone actually being worried about "cougar" being demeaning to anyone in the same way that a racial slur would be. No actual woman's going to be upset because a team in the town is named after an animal that happens to in recent years have been chosen to represent women going out with younger guys.
This is about sex, titillation, and embarrassment. My guess is that the guys on the team have been taking a ribbing from their rivals that they're "women" because of the mascot. The claim that they're trying to protect the delicate sensibilities of women is just an attempt to keep them from looking silly because they want to change the name.
Although they still look pretty silly.
Posted by darrelplant | January 20, 2012 5:18 PM
Well let's not forget The University of Hawaii football team who were once the Rainbow Warriors but wimped out to become the Warriors some years back.
Posted by LucsAdvo | January 20, 2012 6:50 PM
Reminds me of when students in Missoula voted to name a new School Rocky Mountain High. Administrators balked and named it Big Sky High.
Posted by pmalach | January 21, 2012 10:09 AM
Maybe Corner Canyon H.S., and others with administrators as goofy as theirs, should just pick mascots from among the invertebrates. "The Annelids" has a nice ring to it.
http://www.kidport.com/reflib/science/animals/Annelids.htm
Posted by Mojo | January 21, 2012 6:00 PM