The W Word [expanded from a post on my Facebook page]
May 4, 2010
I am debating whether it is more infantile to use an objectionable (ethnic/sexual-orientation) epithet or to refer to it by its first letter (as in “the X word”).
In addition, I wonder whether it is possible to find at least one such objectionable word for each letter of the alphabet. For example, the A word (anglophile), the B word (bolshevik), the C word (codger), the D word (Derridean), the E word (euthanasiac [I made this one up]). the F word (feudalist), the G word (geriatric), the H word (herpetologist), the I word (ideographologist), the J word (Jesuit), the K word (Kandorian), the L word (lycanthrope), the M word (monomaniac), the N word (necrophiliac), the O word (omphaloskeptic), the P word (polymorphous pervert [a twofer]), the Q word (quisling), the R word (recidivist), the S word (Samaritan), the T word (Tuscaloosan), the U word (usufructuary), the V word (valetudinarian), the W word (word), the X word (xenophobe), the Y word (yodeler), the Z word (zombie).
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