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niyad

(113,285 posts) Wed Jul 11, 2018, 11:44 AM Jul 2018

Pestilent--not prez--thanks to another DU'er, in response to bhe BBC piece "trump sex pest"

that is probably the politest term I will use about him today. (bloviated shit-gibbon, in proper aristocratic accent, is still one of my favourites!)

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Pestilent--not prez--thanks to another DU'er, in response to bhe BBC piece "trump sex pest" (Original Post) niyad Jul 2018 OP

I'm borrowing that. "The Pestilent of the United States." The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2018 #1

In a related vein... Cirque du So-What Jul 2018 #2

I just wonder if "sex pest" is less threatening than "sexual predator"--it almost seems niyad Jul 2018 #3

In the context of the movie script Cirque du So-What Jul 2018 #4

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,683 posts)

1. I'm borrowing that. "The Pestilent of the United States."

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Wed Jul 11, 2018, 11:51 AM

Jul 2018

Perfect.

Cirque du So-What

(25,934 posts)

2. In a related vein...

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Wed Jul 11, 2018, 12:29 PM

Jul 2018

I saw a made-in-UK movie last night where I heard the term 'sex pest,' which I had never heard prior to its application to Cheeto Benito the day before that.

niyad

(113,285 posts)

3. I just wonder if "sex pest" is less threatening than "sexual predator"--it almost seems

Reply to Cirque du So-What (Reply #2)

Wed Jul 11, 2018, 12:37 PM

Jul 2018

to be dismissive.

Cirque du So-What

(25,934 posts)

4. In the context of the movie script

Reply to niyad (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 11, 2018, 01:28 PM

Jul 2018

it certainly didn't seem dismissive. The flawed protagonist got an ass-beating for his efforts.

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