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Catholic Bishops nix the word "booty"
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The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has changed the word “booty” to “spoils” in a new translation of the Bible. “Booty,” to younger generations, connotes a portion of the body often shaken in time to music, rather than the spoils of war. “We needed a new translation because English is a living language,” said Bishop Richard Sklba.
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