# Why is this "perilously close to an infraction" as opposed to being an infraction?

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**Created:** [November 3, 2013, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-perilously-close-to-an-infraction-as-opposed-to-being-an-infraction/672965 "2013-11-03T05:34:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-perilously-close-to-an-infraction-as-opposed-to-being-an-infraction/672965/30 "2013-11-03T21:47:53Z")

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Ok, this is the offending quote:

> [@Can Gingrich Be Serious?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-gingrich-be-serious/610085/140):
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> [del]And you prolly thought you _weren’t_ being sexist.[/del]
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> There’s a word for what you now say you meant: spouses.

All I can say is that if I had to moderate this assortment of triple negatives, all while under threat of undergoing 5 pages of rules lawyering in ATMB, I’d gnaw off my jackboots.

PS: Thanks for the responses, JM and IW.

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