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    11/19/09

    In reply to Twitter's New Prompt: A Linguist Weighs In
    My friend Yam says that soon the prompt will be "Sup?"
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    11/19/09

    In reply to Twitter's New Prompt: A Linguist Weighs In
    I can't believe no one has posted this yet. Hey Hey Hey!
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    Image of Rozelle’s Bagman Rozelle’s Bagman
    11/19/09

    In reply to Twitter's New Prompt: A Linguist Weighs In
    What's Happening!! #blackthoughts
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    11/19/09

    In reply to Twitter's New Prompt: A Linguist Weighs In
    In over two years, I'm pretty sure that I never answered their original question, so I don't think I'll start now. (Whats wrong with "put tweet, here"?)
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    11/19/09

    In reply to Twitter's New Prompt: A Linguist Weighs In
    And here I thought "What's Happening" was an homage to Flip Wilson as Reverend Leroy.

    #Thechurchofwhat'shappeningnow
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    11/19/09

    In reply to Twitter's New Prompt: A Linguist Weighs In
    Run, run from the packs of wild twits!

    Hey... maybe you could ask David Crystal if Simon Johnson of the Basel-line Scenario blog, is Welsh?
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    Image of Mo MoDo Mo MoDo
    11/14/09

    In reply to The Gray Lady and Her Sad, Shared, Empty Bag of "Douche"
    Garfunkel and Oates get it right. #newyorktimes
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    Image of EleanorRigby EleanorRigby
    11/14/09

    In reply to The Gray Lady and Her Sad, Shared, Empty Bag of "Douche"
    I'm way more concerned with the magazine story on Megan Fox. #newyorktimes
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    Image of ms_priestypants ms_priestypants
    11/14/09

    In reply to The Gray Lady and Her Sad, Shared, Empty Bag of "Douche"
    You simply cannot go wrong with dick. #newyorktimes
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    11/14/09

    In reply to The Gray Lady and Her Sad, Shared, Empty Bag of "Douche"
    Paul Krugman longs for the freedom to drop douche-bombs. You just know that he uses the word "douche" all the time in his off-blog life. #newyorktimes
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    11/14/09

    In reply to The Gray Lady and Her Sad, Shared, Empty Bag of "Douche"
    Now that D-bag has been so mainstreamed I'm gonna lobby for bringing "f*ckwad" back into circulation. It hasn't been worn out yet and it can be effectively weaponized against D-bag ex-boyfriends. #newyorktimes
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    Image of Cunning_Linguist Cunning_Linguist
    11/14/09

    @snugbug: I'm on it, fuckwad. (I mean that in the nicest way possible.) #newyorktimes
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    11/14/09

    @Cunning_Linguist: Straight-on, b*tch-ass! (I stole this one from NWA-era Ice Cube.) #newyorktimes
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    11/14/09

    In reply to The Gray Lady and Her Sad, Shared, Empty Bag of "Douche"
    This is like when your parents tell you they like your music. #newyorktimes
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    Image of Sergio Hernandez Sergio Hernandez
    11/14/09

    In reply to The Gray Lady and Her Sad, Shared, Empty Bag of "Douche"
    I think the reasons people like "fuck" and "douchebag" and any curse word, really, are, as you said, the way they roll of the tongue, their supposed shock value, and how they communicate this basic sense of frustration or anger or just plain dislike when eloquence fails us.

    In that regard, I don't really see what distinguishes "fuck" or "douchebag" or any other curse words from each other. Maybe "douchebag" offends the ladyfolk's delicate sensibilities (<-- this is sarcasm), but — like most swear words — they're pretty much stripped of any literal meaning when we re-appropriate them into curse words anyway.

    In other words, if "douchebag" is empty and meaningless and simply, so is "fuck," etc. If that's the logic by which we judge the usefulness of swear words, aren't they pretty much all "Already Over?"

    (That said... Really, Times?)
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    11/14/09

    @Sergio Hernandez: What's required is a cunning linguist.
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    11/14/09

    @Sergio Hernandez:

    I thought I'd become inured to all profanity until I read "axegash" yesterday. #newyorktimes
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    11/14/09

    @burbere002: And a master debater. #newyorktimes
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    Image of Anthony De Rosa Anthony De Rosa
    11/14/09

    In reply to The Gray Lady and Her Sad, Shared, Empty Bag of "Douche"
    I think the fact that the word is so contentious, and has provoked so much commentary speaks to how great it is.

    Sure, as Foster eloquently stated, it's a discount counter brand insult, but tell me it just doesn't feel right when used to describe the subject of your disdain.

    Azzwizard is simply trying to hard. An insult isn't so much about showing off as it is an instinctual reaction.

    At the end of the day, I'm just glad Foster enjoyed my douchenozzle. #newyorktimes
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    11/14/09

    @Anthony De Rosa: Your douchenozzle was glorious. #newyorktimes
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    Image of Banjo-Sea Kitten Banjo-Sea Kitten
    11/14/09

    In reply to The Gray Lady and Her Sad, Shared, Empty Bag of "Douche"
    What is this awful world coming to? Last night on CNN, Wolf Blitzer said, "Let's go to asswizard5 on Facebook to see what he thinks about healthcare reform." #newyorktimes
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