Thread: Smittyisms
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Old Tue Jul 17, 2007, 12:58am
rei
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Originally Posted by fitump56
I find the word "Smitty" like any perjorative term. It's an attempt to lower another person's public image in order to raise your own. Worse than "rat", these are our brothers in Blue you try to demean.

Like digging a hole then shoving a person into it, then proclaiming how "tall" you are. It's total BS.

As I have said before, using terms which degrade others only, in the end, degrades the user.
I totally agree with this. I detest seeing the term "smitty".

I prefer "weaker umpire".