> I believe you've omitted the more elaborate and "proper" algorithm of
> working class anger: motherfuckin-cocksuckin-capitalist-motherfucker
>
> Ian
>
> [is this kvetcherly correct?]
It falls to me to point out that "cocksucker" is by its very nature a misogynistic and anti-gay term, when used as an epithet. (Just think about it for a minute.)
Its widespread currency as an all-purpose insult amongst otherwise "progressive" types, especially het men, calls to mind anecdotes of the 1960s and beyond, whereby enlightened male radicals still expected their girlfriends to pick up after them, and couldn't see or wouldn't own up to the contradictions.
And then, further back, there were the schoolyard bullies who pushed over the weaklings and called them "girls". . .
Still, one is - admittedly - hard-pressed to find an adequate substitute. But one ought to try.
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/ dave /