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Question about soccer moms: by Esteis 2005-05-11 14:52:03
Where does the expression come from? I see scores of Americans and Canadians using it on this board, while to the best of my knowledge, soccer is not a big sport in North America. So do soccer players have some sort of reputation, (e.g. weaklings, pampered,) or is it something else?
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  Just the mothers. Many of them seem to have a "I by techi8702005-05-11 14:58:54
  It is not a big professional sport by hyzenthlay2005-05-11 14:59:12
  Not really anything about soccer by Fandango2005-05-11 15:02:20
  The expression came from a US political campaign by mad_peter2005-05-11 15:10:12
    less biased political description by gdgrimm2005-05-11 15:23:56
      Additional trivia by bitflipper2005-05-11 15:36:24
        I couldn't remember how old it was. by mad_peter2005-05-11 15:49:14
          Haven't read any of her stuff since high school by bitflipper2005-05-11 15:51:54
            Heh, sorry, my 'she' was referencing the soccer by mad_peter2005-05-11 16:03:58
              Erma Bombeck died several years ago by farfalla2005-05-11 16:18:19
                Could be. Shows how much I'm paying attention, by mad_peter2005-05-11 16:32:15
                  It shows you're not a soccer mom. :) (n/t) by farfalla2005-05-11 16:34:55
                    I'd be very surprised to discover that I was. by mad_peter2005-05-11 16:43:09
      Politically biased? Hardly. by mad_peter2005-05-11 15:54:18
  Thank you, all of you. (n/t) by Esteis2005-05-11 15:52:27
  A modernization of the term: by hieraco2005-05-11 17:06:18

 

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