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In the ninth grade, a teacher called Sheryl Sandberg "bossy."
"My teacher took my best friend Mindy aside and she said: 'You shouldn't be friends with Sheryl. She's bossy,'" Sandberg told ABC News. "And that hurt."
Now, the chief operating officer of Facebook wants to "ban" the B-word.
Together with the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., Sandberg's non-profit Lean In is heading a movement to "ban" the word bossy from everyday speech because of its negative connotation and its potential to discourage girls from pursuing top spots, according to ABC News.
"When a little boy asserts himself, he's called a 'leader.' Yet when a little girl does the same, she risks being branded 'bossy,'" Ban Bossy argues.
"My teacher took my best friend Mindy aside and she said: 'You shouldn't be friends with Sheryl. She's bossy,'" Sandberg told ABC News. "And that hurt."
Now, the chief operating officer of Facebook wants to "ban" the B-word.