Does this dress make me look fatuous?..

WorldNet Daily has yet another story of a teacher trying to do her job and not getting the expected results:
Teacher reprimanded for word choice

A fourth-grade teacher at Williams Elementary School has received a formal reprimand for teaching her students the word "niggardly," the teacher's son said Tuesday......

The state of our society is worrisome indeed. Not to mention the state of our language. I should be offended if you call me fatuous. But I shouldn’t think you mean I have a hefty derriere.