If you had visited this site just minutes ago, you would have seen a post with a “newly-minted” euphemism. I thought it was my word. Then I looked it up and though it’s not in any conventional dictionary, it is in a “street” dictionary and by their definition it’s more offensive than the word I was trying to replace. A little bit of vulgarity is OK by me, but this one was particularly bad. So here is a revised version of the post.<\/p>\n
Faithful Reader doesn’t like it when I swear too much and he has indicated that he might prefer euphemisms. Euphemisms are not as much fun, and I’m bored with “eff” and “freak” and “frig.” I would do almost anything for him, though, so I’ll try to use them occasionally for his sake.<\/font><\/p>\n Here’s an example of how I might use them:<\/font><\/p>\n Can you believe that the effers <\/em>at the furniture store tried to tell us that they don’t have a freaking <\/em>money-back guarantee when their own frigging <\/em>receipt clearly states that they do?<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you had visited this site just minutes ago, you would have seen a post with a “newly-minted” euphemism. I thought it was my word. Then I looked it up and though it’s not in any conventional dictionary, it is … Continue reading