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Takimag The Four-Letter Failure Today’s bandiers of obscenity could learn a thing or two from Greek. TakiMag Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images As an unfortunate birthday approaches, my movie director friend Michael Mailer asked what wish I’m about to make: “Keira and Lily, I’d even give them up for Americans to stop using the F-word,” was my answer. Be it used as an adverb, noun, or verb, the F-word is now as ubiquitous as “hello” once was, proof that the barbarians have breached the gates and are now lords of the manor. Hollywood, of course, heads the mob of vulgarians, inserting…Open
Politicians are increasingly abandoning scripted language and publicly cursing as profanity becomes a more common political tool. Why it matters: The shift suggests politicians are using profanity intentionally to project authenticity, signal confrontation and distance themselves from traditional Washington norms. What they're saying: "There's this dissatisfaction and anti-establishment fervor that's been present for probably at least a decade now," Nick Beauchamp, a professor at Northeastern University who studies political rhetoric, tells Axios. - "I think that part of the appeal of the strong language… is to take some of that same energy that might otherwise be directed towards radical policy, and instead directs it towards a…
Politicians are increasingly abandoning scripted language and publicly cursing as profanity becomes a more common political tool. Why it matters: The shift suggests politicians are using profanity intentionally to project authenticity, signal confrontation and distance themselves from traditional Washington norms. What they're saying: "There's this dissatisfaction and anti-establishment fervor that's been present for probably at least a decade now," Nick Beauchamp, a professor at Northeastern University who studies political rhetoric, tells Axios. - "I think that part of the appeal of the strong language… is to take some of that same energy that might otherwise be directed towards radical policy, and instead directs it towards a…Open
Some hosts avoided reading the president's expletive use verbatim on TV while others freely dropped it, breaking from tradition to stress the president's unprecedented behavior.
Some hosts avoided reading the president's expletive use verbatim on TV while others freely dropped it, breaking from tradition to stress the president's unprecedented behavior.Open