Verb. To be Imused is to be fired or severely punished over something trivial or marginally
offensive. First coined when MSNBC and CBS Radio fired the veteran radio talk-show host after he claimed that the Rutger's
women's basketball team were a bunch of "nappy-headed ho's". America responded with outrage. Although Imus' words were brazenly racist and stupid, his firing over such a trivial phrase speaks to America's white guilt and
intolerance of any slights against minorities, even when spoken facetiously.
Billy was Imused from the
varsity team after loudly proclaiming
that the opposing team played like a bunch of girls. A female onlooker was
offended, and complained to school administrators.