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Ilsa

(61,694 posts)
Sun Jan 28, 2018, 10:51 AM Jan 2018

My vocabulary is increasing because of Trump.

My latest search in the Urban Dictionary was for "raw dog."

I'm old, so this was a new one for me. But I bet you young'uns had to look up a word Rick Wilson used on Bill Maher's show, starting at one minute in:

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My vocabulary is increasing because of Trump. (Original Post) Ilsa Jan 2018 OP
"From the Book of Poontang", for religious Trump supporters. Wilson was pretty funny. dem4decades Jan 2018 #1
Wasn't that hysterical? Even Maher said Ilsa Jan 2018 #2
Mine, too. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2018 #3
Mine is decreasing mrs_p Jan 2018 #4
well, urban dictionaly got a hit from me also. riversedge Jan 2018 #5

Ilsa

(61,694 posts)
2. Wasn't that hysterical? Even Maher said
Sun Jan 28, 2018, 11:08 AM
Jan 2018

He had not heard that term in ages.

Seriously, though, I wonder how many young people have heard it?

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,683 posts)
3. Mine, too.
Sun Jan 28, 2018, 11:55 AM
Jan 2018

I am also learning new swear words and insults, like "shitgibbon." I knew what "poontang" was (I think it's actually a pretty old expression) but "raw dog" was new to me.

I'm also getting a pretty good review of federal criminal procedure.

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