Editorials – Topic: “F**k You”

Look for Eleven Issue 7.4 on the streets early next week.

The f-bomb still reigns as king of the parental-advisory jungle. Used as a magical extension, f%#* negatively characterizes anything that can be discharged, dismissed, disdained, defiled, degutted or destroyed. Some big “D.” A word of this originality you’d think would be overused and burnt out, but f%#* reinvents itself. George Carlin recognized the multi-purpose application’s impact and suggested that adding it into daily vocabulary “will identify the quality of your character immediately.” Wikipedia notes it can be used as a verb, adverb, adjective, command, interjection, noun, and can sensibly be used as practically any word in a sentence (e.g., “F the f-ing f-ers”), and it is one of the few words in the English language which could be applied as an infix. That’s a-f%#*ing-mazing. And according to N.W.A, “f%#* the police.” (more…)

This entry was written by Anne M Fontenot Franks, posted on December 3, 2010 at 10:00 am, filed under Editorials and tagged December, Editorials, Eleven 7.4, F**K You, Joe Bassa. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.