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* hints of obscenityRich Ulrich
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From: rich.ulr...@comcast.net (Rich Ulrich)
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Subject: hints of obscenity
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 by: Rich Ulrich - Tue, 4 Apr 2023 06:26 UTC

Word play with hints of obscenity were espeically popular
when I was a teenager and good examples continue to amuse.

These used to be private, like not saying "penis" in public.
The word play has become acceptable in public, but I still
notice and am still surprised. Occasionallly amused.

A TV show named "Schitt's Creek" surprised me.

When the local hockey team advertised something about
coming to a game to have a "kick-ice" good time, that surprised me.

I suppose that the headlines of tabloid newspapers were
among the early folks to stretch the limits. A couple of
recent examples surprised me only a llittle, but left me
wondering if their slang was US-specific.

Trump's friend David Pecker, former publisher of the
National Enquirer (Stormy Daniels case) was called in to
testify, and one NY tabloid headline was "Pecker In A Vice".
I suspect but don't know that pecker is widely known as
a term for penis.

Trump himself recently tweeted a pair of photos: Trump
holding a bat, and the head of the NY D.A. who indicted him.
Murdoch's tabloid reproduced the double picture with the
headline, "Bat Hit Crazy". I suspect but don't know that
bat-shit crazy may be a term that is particularly American.
And it did take me a couple of seconds to recognize it, so
I was amused.

--
Rich Ulrich

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 by: bil...@shaw.ca - Tue, 4 Apr 2023 07:07 UTC

On Monday, April 3, 2023 at 11:26:50 PM UTC-7, Rich Ulrich wrote:
> Word play with hints of obscenity were espeically popular
> when I was a teenager and good examples continue to amuse.
>
> These used to be private, like not saying "penis" in public.
> The word play has become acceptable in public, but I still
> notice and am still surprised. Occasionallly amused.
>
> A TV show named "Schitt's Creek" surprised me.
>
> When the local hockey team advertised something about
> coming to a game to have a "kick-ice" good time, that surprised me.
>
> I suppose that the headlines of tabloid newspapers were
> among the early folks to stretch the limits. A couple of
> recent examples surprised me only a llittle, but left me
> wondering if their slang was US-specific.
>
> Trump's friend David Pecker, former publisher of the
> National Enquirer (Stormy Daniels case) was called in to
> testify, and one NY tabloid headline was "Pecker In A Vice".
> I suspect but don't know that pecker is widely known as
> a term for penis.

Yes, it is. Frequently used by people who don't mind an obscenity
or two spicing up their vocabulary
>
> Trump himself recently tweeted a pair of photos: Trump
> holding a bat, and the head of the NY D.A. who indicted him.
> Murdoch's tabloid reproduced the double picture with the
> headline, "Bat Hit Crazy". I suspect but don't know that
> bat-shit crazy may be a term that is particularly American.
> And it did take me a couple of seconds to recognize it, so
> I was amused.
>
Yes. I'm not sure where or when I picked up "batshit crazy" as a
meaningful expression, but it was probably in the late 1960s or
early '70s. I'm not American, but cultural stuff travels freely
across the 49th Parallel.

bill

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