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Steve,

A few words that readily come to mind are foulmouth, potty-mouth, cusser, and curser.
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Ken Greenwald - March 8, 2019

The following quote by diplomat and author Daniele Varé (1880-1956) appeared in The Week, March 1, 2019, page 17:

Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else have your way.

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Ken Greenwald - February 24, 2019

My son, Scott, who lives in Boston and is a Research Scientist at MIT (tut, tut), came up with the idea of us simultaneously reading a book and discussing it. He suggested for our first book a short novel by Honoré de Balzac. I was not overly thrilled with this choice, but figured I’d give it a go –...

Thanks Rufus,

Ken

In recent years I find myself coming upon words that I know I used to know, but just can’t recall the meaning of now. It’s a bit annoying – perhaps old age setting in! (>:). Anyway, I’ve decided to begin to post some of them, and not just one’s I’ve never seen before, and perhaps help others who hav...

<2018 “The stories were tawdry, and the news coverage sometimes veered toward clickbait , but there were important questions hiding beneath the sheets.”— New York Times , in article titled ‘Trump’s Tawdry Tabloid Sagas Reveal Weightier Themes,’ 9 December> clickbait noun : 1) ( Internet marketing, ...

Thanks Erik and Phil. That Dictionary.com definition seemed to make no sense and was really bugging me.
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Ken Greenwald - January 23, 2019

Thanks Erik. But there's one thing that is still bothering me. In the Dictionary.com definition they say: "a political strategy, statement, slogan, etc. that conveys a controversial, secondary message understood only by those who support the message.” They say "only understood by those who support t...

<2019 “An energized, inspiring, and ultimately successful foreign policy must cut through Trump’s false, dog-whistling choice between globalism and nationalism.”— The Atlantic , January/February, page78> I haven’t come across dog-whistle , other than the above quote, since I first saw it in this po...

Steven, A Google search produced the following number of hits: 1) graduation commencement – 174,000 2) graduation ceremony – 10,100,000 3) graduation commencement ceremony – 26,700 (Note that 3 is contained in 1) So “graduation ceremony” is the winner by a wide margin! ______________________________...

Offhand I can’t think of any cool, succinct description. But I would say, even though it’s a bit awkward, that a person whose mother is a Japanese citizen and father is a Korean citizen is of “Japanese-Korean parentage citizenship” – their parents have different nationalities. However, if the person...

Thanks Phil. And speaking of buffoons, which would be a compliment to many of our government officeholders from the President on down, let’s hope that we can mitigate some of the damage they have done (think climate change, rule of law, healthcare, tariffs, coddling of despots, selection of incompet...

Based on the number of look-ups on their online websites the following dictionaries came up with their Word of Year . <Merriam-Webster’s 2018 Word of the Year is ”justice,” which saw a 74% increase in look-ups from 2017. The dictionary noted that the Mueller investigation led to frequent headlines a...

The following quote in Boston.com from American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and film producer Stephen Wright (born 1955) appeared in The Week, 15 November, page 17: <When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.> _________________________________ Ken Greenwald - November 29, 20...

Erik,

Beautiful!!

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Ken - November 14, 2018