Speed demon 🇪🇺 🇳🇴🇺🇦🇵🇸
Great piece on swearing, which is a type of #EngelskeGloser, in #TheAtlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/10/politicians-are-cursing-too-much/684496/?utm_campaign=atlantic-daily-newsletter&utm_content=20251008&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&lctg=648ecb6b2299f7cf77047dc4&utm_term=The%20Atlantic%20Daily , on cringe "how do you do fellow kids" swearing by people in high places.
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Politicians Aren’t Cool Enough to Curse This Much

Political leaders once watched their language. Now they delight in using obscenity.

The Atlantic
Oct 9, 2025 at 7:02amWeb
Show threadSpeed demon 🇪🇺 🇳🇴🇺🇦🇵🇸Oct 9, 2025
Swearing carries more of a taboo with it in English, (esp. US English ) than in Norwegian, so we have to be careful. /Personally/ I think swearing in serious discourse falls flat when there is no *meaning* conveyed, or the actual meaning is "I hereby giv up all attempts at actual meaning" . 2/3
Show threadSpeed demon 🇪🇺 🇳🇴🇺🇦🇵🇸Oct 9, 2025
The Hegseth and J.D. Vance examples from the article fall into this category. Hegseth's “We’re done with that shit,” is admitting that he is attacking an ill-defined concept, nothing concrete. Vance's “I don’t give a shit what you call it.” is flat out admitting he has no answer. 3/3
Show threadSpeed demon 🇪🇺 🇳🇴🇺🇦🇵🇸Oct 9, 2025
P.S: Typed in an Emacs buffer, connected to emacs-server, which auto-saves. :)