A Single Southern Guy in America

September 23, 2004

On Crass Language

For almost a year now, I've been the target of good-natured ribbing because of my hesitancy to spell out completely any number of vulgar words. As most of you who have ever spoke with me, I'm not afraid to drop a few F-bombs or S-bombs, or other kinds of bombs. I ought to cut back and will make an effort to do so, but sometimes those words can be so very expressive.

In any event, I was teased again tonight because I render a word that refers to a donkey (among other things), as a$$ or @ss. And I was immediately reminded of what our friend Eric provided us a link to today and to a certain news story that my dear sis has taken to heart.

First, Eric points us to this article which says dropping the F-bomb in certain scenarios is actually a positive thing.

Second, my sister found this testimony from the president of the University of Colorado, Betsy Hoffman, to be particularly liberating. I never knew the C-bomb could be a term of endearment. I doubt I'll try that with the next lady I date. Or maybe I could use it as a positive reinforcement to express a term of endearment, i.e You F-bomb'in C-bomb.

Yeah, not so much.

Posted by Adam H at September 23, 2004 10:35 PM ~ Link Cosmos | Trackbacks (0)

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