Doug Mataconis held a B.A. in Political Science from Rutgers University and J.D. from George Mason University School of Law. He joined the staff of OTB in May 2010 and contributed a staggering 16,483 posts before his retirement in January 2020. He passed far too young in July 2021.
“The F-bomb” is possibly the dumbest euphemism in the history of American usage. “F**k” is a word, not an explosive, and considering we all hear it and say it every day, can’t we all stop pretending to be delicate little flowers who need to be protected from it?
Of course, the readers here are so delicate that a post using the actual word goes to moderation, hence the silly abreviation — is there a better word for substituting symbols for letters? It seems like there must be — above.
I also enjoy that, to this point, his platform would essentially be yelling at people to do what he wants. And call that tough negotiating.
There’s a skill to using the f-word effectively and successfully. Trump doesn’t have it.
“The F-bomb” is possibly the dumbest euphemism in the history of American usage. “F**k” is a word, not an explosive, and considering we all hear it and say it every day, can’t we all stop pretending to be delicate little flowers who need to be protected from it?
Of course, the readers here are so delicate that a post using the actual word goes to moderation, hence the silly abreviation — is there a better word for substituting symbols for letters? It seems like there must be — above.
Note to the moderator — please feel free to delete the earlier version of this message that was caught by the filter.
So he called the Chinese muhfuhs.
I wonder what would happen if voters chose him as president 😀
Yeah, it’s gonna be T-Paw. Have fun with him.
wr – It’s an explosion. You must not be doing it right.