Dog may be a man’s best friend, but our loyalties (and language) toward canines are often split.
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Pigs Get No (Linguistic) Respect
Pig-like humans are stereotypically fat, ugly, lazy, disgusting, sexist, selfish people who take more than their fair share. They are road hogs, ball hogs, glory hogs and resource hogs. Why is the word pig so pejorative?
by Mark Liberman· March 13, 2014
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