Tramps

Last week I came across a note of clarification on thesuraus.com that I thought was worth mentioning to my twitter folks.

http://twitter.com/#!/JRDSkinner/status/71297856169967616

Of course, these days tramp has a bit of a different connotation, which got me thinking. If other minorities can take back their misappropriated or abusive names, (I’m looking at you, my queer and/or black friends,) then why not tramps?

Today I unveil the “Take Back The Tramp” campaign.

Phase one – know your tramp.

This is a tramp:

Bindlestiff, 1933

This is a woman of questionable morals:

I Was Born To Be A Tramp

This is a real “tramp stamp”:

Food stamp

This is just a terrible idea:
Ronald Reagen tattoo