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For more on "bitch", see Michael Adams's 5-part "How I Met Your Mother: The bitch chronicles" https://stronglang.wordpress.com/tag/how-i-met-your-mother/
and other "bitch"-related posts in the Strong Language archives https://stronglang.wordpress.com/category/bitch/

#slurs #bitch #language #linguistics

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Strong Language2d ago

"'Bad' words can be retrained." Linguist Karen Stollznow on the complex history of "bitch":
https://aeon.co/essays/what-the-evolution-of-bitch-says-about-gender-and-power

#etymology #slurs #words #bitch #language #linguistics #history

CBC Top StoriesMar 14
Drunk driver pleads guilty, admits he stole mom’s BMWs, killed friend, hurled slurs at first responders
Over an eight-month period Kane Burrows, 19, stole two BMWs from his mother, drove drunk, crashed twice, killed a friend and hurled slurs at first responders who tried to help him, a Calgary judge heard during the offender’s guilty plea Friday.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/kane-burrows-drunk-driver-crash-killed-friend-guilty-plea-9.7128043?cmp=rss
CBC CalgaryMar 13
Drunk driver pleads guilty, admits he stole mom’s BMWs, killed friend, hurled slurs at first responders
Over an eight-month period Kane Burrows, 19, stole two BMWs from his mother, drove drunk, crashed twice, killed a friend and hurled slurs at first responders who tried to help him, a Calgary judge heard during the offender’s guilty plea Friday.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/kane-burrows-drunk-driver-crash-killed-friend-guilty-plea-9.7128043?cmp=rss
Prism & PenMar 12

He stares me down and screams, “I think you’re a fag.”
And I freeze.
Of course I freeze. That word has history.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/words-for-gay-can-either-shame-or-shield-509e3e8a0ddb

#LGBTQ #Gay #ChildhoodMemories #Memoir #Slurs

Words for “Gay” Can Either Shame or Shield

When I heard the slurs, I froze. Then something special happened.

Medium
Strong LanguageFeb 25

John Davidson: "Tourette’s can make my body or voice do things I don’t mean, and sometimes those tics land on the worst possible words."
https://variety.com/2026/film/awards/john-davidson-tourettes-tics-bafta-n-word-interview-1236671850/

#Tourettes #JohnDavidson #BAFTA #BAFTAs #slurs #ISwear

John Davidson Explains Tourettes Tics in Interview After BAFTA N-Word

John Davidson's explains Tourette's tics and the BAFTA N-word incident in his first exclusive interview with Variety.

Variety
Advocate.comFeb 23

NHL player hurls antigay slur during Olympics hockey match

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/sports/nhl-player-antigay-slur-olympics

The Heart of the TARDISFeb 8
#meme #memes #ai #artificialintelligence #slur #slurs #argument #debate #discussion #politics #activism
Advocate.comJan 12

Transgender Chicago Cubs employee accuses coworkers of assaulting her in lawsuit

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/chiacgo-cubs-transgender-employee-lawsuit

Steve Dustcircle 🌹Dec 23

#Texas #racist allegedly yells #slurs, hides under the bed, after setting himself on fire during #arson attack

https://wegotthiscovered.com/true-crime/texas-racist-allegedly-yells-slurs-hides-under-the-bed-after-setting-himself-on-fire-during-arson-attack/

#MAGA #racism #crime #whitemale

Texas racist allegedly yells slurs, hides under the bed, after setting himself on fire during arson attack

Guy sounds like a winner.

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