Sentences with phrase «abusive use of that term»

In time, though, the term was worn out by the abusive use of that term by its critics.

Not exact matches

Although some users who have been hit with the restriction have said they believe it was because they used an abusive term, a spokesperson for Twitter told BuzzFeed that when deciding who to apply the limit to, the service's harassment and abuse team looks at a pattern of overall behavior, rather than just individual words.

«If during each season of the term of this contract the player is not dismissed from the field of play on three or more occasions for violent conduct, spitting, for using offensive, insulting or abusive language and / or gestures and / or for dissent... then on the June 30 at the end of each season he shall receive a bonus payment of # 1 million.»

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Bants is an abbreviation of banter, described by the Urban Dictionary as «a term used to justify hilarious yet completely inappropriate and unacceptably abusive behaviour between friends, usually males».

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She also notes common language includes the term «beat» and «whip», and so the use of such language and the use of an object to spank a child that Baumrind objects to, while possibly abusive, are also far from uncommon.

Effects were more consistent on physical abuse, however, with mothers in the treatment group reporting fewer instances of very serious physical abuse at one year and fewer instances of serious abuse at two years.54 In Alaska, the HFA program was associated with less psychological aggression, but it had no effects for neglect or severe abusive behaviors.55 Similarly, in the San Diego evaluation of HFA, home - visited mothers reported less use of psychological aggression at twenty - four and thirty - six months.56 Early Start also reported small effects in terms of lowering rates of severe physical abuse.57