F me in the A

Tonight when I was un-draining our bathroom tub and LS was washing her face before bed, we realized a semantic phenomenon in certain swear words. I generally am not a swearin' sailor, but I do love words and the way that they do or do not work according to linguistic "rules".

To say your English teacher is "bitchy" means something bad, but to say your English teacher is "bitchin'" is good (used as an adjective, not verb). To say a car is "shitty" means something bad, but to say a car is "the shit" is good.

















This just in:
I JUST REALIZED THAT THE DRANO BLEACHED MY FAVORITE JEANS!!!

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!!

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