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Question about soccer moms:	by Esteis	2005-05-11 14:52:03
The expression came from a US political campaign	by mad_peter	2005-05-11 15:10:12
less biased political description	by gdgrimm	2005-05-11 15:23:56
Additional trivia	by bitflipper	2005-05-11 15:36:24
"Soccer mom" is a term much older than the last US election -- I remember it from the early 1980's (I think Erma Bombeck may have coined the phrase originally). Its connotations have shifted and changed over the past two decades but, at its root, the image is always one of a suburban mom, often hectic, taxiing her kids to and from their various after-school sports programs and screaming from the stands like a maniac to support her offspring on the playing field. Her first vehicle was a station wagon, but it became an SUV in the nineties when such vehicles gained tremendously in popularity.
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I couldn't remember how old it was.	by mad_peter	2005-05-11 15:49:14
Haven't read any of her stuff since high school	by bitflipper	2005-05-11 15:51:54
Heh, sorry, my 'she' was referencing the soccer	by mad_peter	2005-05-11 16:03:58
Erma Bombeck died several years ago	by farfalla	2005-05-11 16:18:19
Could be. Shows how much I'm paying attention,	by mad_peter	2005-05-11 16:32:15
It shows you're not a soccer mom. :) (n/t)	by farfalla	2005-05-11 16:34:55
I'd be very surprised to discover that I was.	by mad_peter	2005-05-11 16:43:09

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