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Two BBC Radio Hosts Suspended for Berating Disabled

By , About.com Guide   October 13, 2008

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Dailymail.co.uk reports: "Two BBC radio presenters have been suspended after using the term 'window licker' during a football phone-in show. Andrew Hawes and Ian Hart have been taken off the airwaves at BBC Southern Counties after using the derogatory term for disabled people."

I had to look this one up. According to the Urban Dictionary, a "window licker" can mean:

1)someone who rides the big yellow bus to the happy camp.
2)someone disabled and/or mentally challenged.
3)a spaz

More Radio Hosts Suspended for Their Remarks:
* Randi Rhodes Suspended by Air America Radio for Hillary Comments
* Long Island DJ Suspended for Making White Trash Jokes
* St. Louis Radio DJs Suspended Over Cop Remarks

Comments

October 18, 2008 at 5:10 pm
(1) Dave :

It’s all in humor. Some people just don’t get that. Chances are they themselves are window lickers.

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