rugged

[Laurence Horn]

At 6:43 PM +0100 2/6/11, Paul Frank wrote:
>... As for "rugged toilet training," I've never heard
>that one, it gets a total of zero google hits, and I have no idea what
>it might mean.
>
>Paul

Maybe it's the Tiger Mother way.  And if the Tiger Mom calls her
7-year-old daughter garbage when she gets a less than perfect score
on a quiz or misses a note in her violin practice, you can't imagine
what terminology she uses in the event of a 3-year-old's toileting
mishap...

LH

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