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"You're my b*tch." . . . Please come CAPTION Vladimer Putin!!! (Original Post) skip fox Jul 2018 OP
"I brought you into this White House, and I can take you out!" FM123 Jul 2018 #1
"Go get me a cup of coffee!" edbermac Jul 2018 #2
what is a b*tch and is it a good thing are a bad thing ? stonecutter357 Jul 2018 #3
One might apologize for the use of this term. skip fox Jul 2018 #9
"So, Donald, have you seen any good movies lately?" Tommy_Carcetti Jul 2018 #4
Putin is whispering the activation words. Vilis Veritas Jul 2018 #5
"A real man would embrace his balding head as sign of maturity." peekaloo Jul 2018 #6
nice skip fox Jul 2018 #7
In America you call your opponents fake news, but in Soviet Union we call them liquidated Johonny Jul 2018 #8

skip fox

(19,356 posts)
9. One might apologize for the use of this term.
Mon Jul 16, 2018, 10:00 AM
Jul 2018

It is, indeed, socially problematic at best.

But I was writing a CAPTION, and as a writer I was entering the thought-speech patterns of my subject, pretend-channeling him, if you would, for satiric purposes. So I used a word Putin would have used (given his background and, of course, if he spoke a more fluent English than he might have access to) to describe how he likely feels about Trump. Again for satire. Another word wouldn't work the same. It's casual, quick to tongues such as these, and has no false not like "servant" or "turd" or other derogatory terms. These would have unduly called attention to themselves and diluted the potential humor.

(Explaining a joke is like dry-humping a wire brush.)

Vilis Veritas

(2,405 posts)
5. Putin is whispering the activation words.
Mon Jul 16, 2018, 08:27 AM
Jul 2018

"Vanity, orange, golden shower, sunset, 45, cancer, zero, parade, two scoops, pee tape"

peekaloo

(22,977 posts)
6. "A real man would embrace his balding head as sign of maturity."
Mon Jul 16, 2018, 08:41 AM
Jul 2018

"Hair stylists in Russia are employed by what you call funeral parlors."

"Catch my drift, fat man."

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