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Sat Aug-27-05 11:00 PM
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Poll question: Is it OK to call men bastards? |
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Sat Aug-27-05 11:05 PM
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1. You need a "depends" category |
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Though I've found that men tend to be more offended by "jerk" than bastard.
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Sat Aug-27-05 11:06 PM
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2. I voted yes,,,but..... |
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It does depend on just how you say it, and your intent...
If you're being friendly, then it's OK...
And of course, not OK if you're being unfriendly...
Like the line from the book "The Virginian" ".....When you call me that, smile!"
:shrug:
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Sat Aug-27-05 11:07 PM
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3. Yes, cause everyone knows they don't have feelings. n/t |
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Sat Aug-27-05 11:08 PM
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Sat Aug-27-05 11:10 PM
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5. My standard response is, :This going to be good! |
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Sat Aug-27-05 11:11 PM
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7. We keep lining up, but no show yet. |
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:popcorn: pass the salt, would ya?
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Sat Aug-27-05 11:14 PM
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Sat Aug-27-05 11:15 PM
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14. Nah, I've got my snuff. |
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Sat Aug-27-05 11:16 PM
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15. Great! I've got a spitoon!! Watch! Phoooey! |
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Sat Aug-27-05 11:10 PM
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Sat Aug-27-05 11:11 PM
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8. You're insulting the man's mother. |
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Sat Aug-27-05 11:12 PM
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10. Your example seems to be a two-fer! |
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Sat Aug-27-05 11:17 PM
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Son of a bitch,motherfucker and bastard all insult the man and the the man's mother.
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Sat Aug-27-05 11:42 PM
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I got to post #8 and already forgot the original point...
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Sun Aug-28-05 12:15 PM
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28. well the 2nd one is just a level 9 adjective |
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as in "this motherfu#$ing extension cord is all tangled up!" or "where the fu#% are my motherfu$%ing keys??!!"
To actually call somebody that is rarer and like SOB it is often used as a compliment to mean "somebody you would be wise not to mess with". Examplë: "yeah, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil ... because I am the meanest SOB in the valley." or when Dirty Harry's partner calls him JAMF (jive a$$ed MF).
I sorta thought that the MF word meant "dad" as in "somebody who has sex with a mother" or it could mean a person having an affair with a married woman. Technically, either of those would be a motherfu#%er. Although perhaps its original meaning was "somebody who has sex with their own mother" or is that too Freudian? It could, I suppose, involve the 2nd non sexual definition of fu#% meaning "to screw, or cause great harm". Anyway, it is not clear to me that it involves an insult to one's mother.
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Sat Aug-27-05 11:11 PM
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Some are just better at it than others.
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Sat Aug-27-05 11:24 PM
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19. i nearly called you one yesterday! |
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that wonderful post was deleted, however. :D
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Sat Aug-27-05 11:30 PM
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Sat Aug-27-05 11:14 PM
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12. you are in an interesting mood, Proles |
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;) I have to go to sleep soon or I would wait around for the fun.
What's happening? :hi:
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Sat Aug-27-05 11:17 PM
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17. Isn't "bastard" a bit sexist? Not that I'm calling you sexist, |
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Edited on Sat Aug-27-05 11:19 PM by iconoclastic cat
but if you take "bastard" literally to mean "the child of an unmarried mother," aren't you calling the woman immoral and her child the product of her wanton behavior? It's the same reason that I hate "son of a bitch."
Edit: I also believe that there are women who propagate sexist, anti-feminist beliefs.
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Sat Aug-27-05 11:32 PM
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21. Are you spekaing generally, or do you have someone in mind? (n/t) |
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Sun Aug-28-05 11:35 AM
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23. Sorry I abandondoned this |
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I got busy at work last night. Interesting results.
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Sun Aug-28-05 11:56 AM
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Perhaps this was my point. :hi:
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Sun Aug-28-05 12:13 PM
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27. It is a part of speech in the New England verbal lexicon, ya bastahd! |
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