http://blog.oup.com/2011/06/bullshit-2/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Mon, 20 May 2013 14:53:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blog.oup.com/2011/06/bullshit-2/#comment-307777 OUPblog » Blog Archive » Curly-murly, flippy-floppy boom-booms Fri, 02 Nov 2012 10:30:36 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=17143#comment-307777 [...] material for the columns.” There’s a lot of cross-pollination between reduplicative words and BS euphemisms. Reduplication is a natural way of describing [...] [...] material for the columns.” There’s a lot of cross-pollination between reduplicative words and BS euphemisms. Reduplication is a natural way of describing [...]

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2011/06/bullshit-2/#comment-223697 Karen McVicker Mon, 27 Jun 2011 07:34:10 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=17143#comment-223697 Chortle. Donkey dust may be a new fave euphemism. Chortle. Donkey dust may be a new fave euphemism.

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2011/06/bullshit-2/#comment-223600 This Week’s Language Blog Roundup | Wordnik ~ all the words Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:32:01 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=17143#comment-223600 [...] The Virtual Linguist engaged in a taming of the various meanings of shrew, which originally referred to a “wicked, evil-disposed or malignant man,” and in “the 14th and 15th centuries. . .was applied to the Devil.”  The Wrdnrd enjoyed some sake terms, while Mark Peters over at Oxford University Press blog informed us he likes bullshit and other slang. [...] [...] The Virtual Linguist engaged in a taming of the various meanings of shrew, which originally referred to a “wicked, evil-disposed or malignant man,” and in “the 14th and 15th centuries. . .was applied to the Devil.”  The Wrdnrd enjoyed some sake terms, while Mark Peters over at Oxford University Press blog informed us he likes bullshit and other slang. [...]

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