Words Up To No Good
I found the Upworthy link (Some Words Are Up To No Good) especially rich coming from someone who, in August 2013, would see fit to write the following: "Latin is the preferred language of the Vatican, but don't hold it against the language. It had no say in the matter" (http://wordsmith.org/words/corpus_delicti.html), with a link to the virulently Christaphobic Christopher Hitchens in support of his insult. I can't wait for one of those fair and sensitive Duke students to parry accordingly:
I DON'T CALL THE CATHOLIC CHURCH A NEST OF PEDOPHILES JUST BECAUSE CULTURAL ELITES HAVE DEEMED IT AN INSTITUTION WORTHY OF DEFAMATION. I TREAT EVERYONE WITH THE RESPECT AND EVEN-HANDEDNESS I EXTEND TO GAYS AND OTHER OPPRESSED MINORITIES.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Needless to say, I am not holding my breath for that particular corrective to Words That Are Up To No Good. If the cultural elites have deemed an institution worthy of bad words, surely they have good reason. Any Duke student worth his salt knows that.
Tony Pivetta
Royal Oak, Michigan
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Apr 27, 2014
This week's themeWords to describe people
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tractable
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impecunious
petulant
incorrigible
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