Blogs about: Derogatory Terms
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Take Two: Words We Cannot Say…Except When We Can
I am a sucker for an online linguistic survey. Recently, I saw a tweet about this survey, being done by a PhD student in Helsinki, about attitudes towards offensive language in English. I jumped righ… more →
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Behind Closed Doors
wrote 2 days ago: Have you ever said something behind closed doors that you know you would never say in public? Of cou … more →
Metard! Youtard! Retard Nation!
wrote 1 month ago: Have any of you seen Shameless? Shameless is a Shotime original series. And, in the current season o … more →
Take Two: Words We Cannot Say...Except When We Can
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wrote 8 months ago: I am a sucker for an online linguistic survey. Recently, I saw a tweet about this survey, being don … more →
Trading Troll 2: Incredulous Crates
wrote 11 months ago: My idea here was to get him to do as much as possible in terms of loading items in and out. Excyte: … more →
Troll Trading 1: The Earbud Ennui
wrote 12 months ago: Disclaimer: Some strong language and possibly offensive derogatory terms are used below. They were n … more →
Spread the Word to End the Word
wrote 12 months ago: (Trash Boat)– There is something to be said about reclaiming words. I like the idea that minor … more →
The Life of a Lady
wrote 1 year ago: Introduction…. I am sitting in a well-known international airport lounge after yet again another suc … more →
Judging a Book By Its Cover
wrote 1 year ago: “ You wanna beat me down…my mother did that, you wanna ostracize me…my mother did that too. There is … more →
A Response to Misogyny
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wrote 1 year ago: This is not related to the house, but rather I need to get your opinion. I need to figure out an app … more →
Unsettled in Seattle
wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been a fan of the NPR program This American Life for years. I subscribe to the podcasts on iTun … more →
Take Two: Words We Cannot Say...Except When We Can
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wrote 1 year ago: I originally posted this on 10 June 2010, just over a year ago. The issue of reclaiming derogatory t … more →
Are traditionally derogatory terms for homosexuals still derogatory?
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wrote 1 year ago: While I was growing up terms such as ‘gay’, ‘faggot’ or ‘queer’ … more →
Wigger Me This Batman
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wrote 2 years ago: I heard the term ‘Wigger’ And shook my head Not knowing the definition Thinking Someone … more →
Watch your (expletive) language: Part II
wrote 2 years ago: Recently, radio talk show hostess Dr. Laura said something that got her into a lot of hot water. Whe … more →
Words We Cannot Say...Except When We Can
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wrote 2 years ago: On 23 July 2009, Henry Louis Gates was arrested on his own porch in Cambridge, MA for disorderly con … more →
Quickly Growing Derogatory Terms
wrote 3 years ago: I’m guessing that the late George Carlin might have done a better job with the headline than … more →
Women and derogatory terms used about them
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wrote 3 years ago: I often observe that there are so many derogatory terms used about women. In Bahasa Indonesia, for e … more →
TMZ: The Misogynist Zone
wrote 4 years ago: Like usual, I had the TV on in the background as I sat at my desk today. TMZ, an entertainment news … more →
04.16.08 Hooman vs. Hyphy
wrote 5 years ago: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=T92H0KFF … more →
