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 December 6, 2010 in 

When asked for a newspaper-safe synonym for “chickenshit,” the best I could come up with was “disrespectful.”

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  1. Mike Trent December 6, 2010 at 10:41 pm - Reply

    Petty?

  2. Michael Simpson December 7, 2010 at 7:36 am - Reply

    Petty. Spitefully crude. Bob Ewell in “To Kill a Mockingbird”.

  3. David Wyborny December 7, 2010 at 8:37 am - Reply

    also consider niggling, paltry, pettifogging,and picayune

  4. Alex Scharff December 7, 2010 at 1:21 pm - Reply

    intellectually dishonest or disengenuous

  5. Earl Bender December 7, 2010 at 1:21 pm - Reply

    Mickey-Mouse

  6. John Gibson December 7, 2010 at 6:02 pm - Reply

    Over here in the uk most papers would put chickens**t
    Regards
    John Gibson

  7. Michael December 7, 2010 at 6:15 pm - Reply

    When I think “chickenshit”, I think “petty and offensive”. If you want a substitute phrase, that’s what I’d use. “Mickey-Mouse” isn’t offensive enough.

    (I.m not saying the word is offensive; it describes something that is offensive.)

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