{"id":30843,"date":"2023-03-10T16:00:42","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T22:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/?p=30843"},"modified":"2023-03-10T18:32:02","modified_gmt":"2023-03-11T00:32:02","slug":"another-word-verboten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/10\/another-word-verboten\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Word Verboten"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/03\/10\/bill-walton-criticized-for-using-a-derogatory-term-on-broadcast\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Bill Walton facing backlash for using a derogatory term on broadcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I always wonder if the news story will mention what the offending word is.  If it&#8217;s really, really, double plus ungood, no.  But if it&#8217;s only a single plus ungood or less, it will, and it did:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>During halftime of Arizona State\u2019s eventual 77-72 win over USC on Thursday, Walton \u2014 who serves as a broadcaster with ESPN \u2014 used the \u201cm-word\u201d while complimenting the in-game host.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe does not need a little chair because he is a giant in a world full of shriveling m\u2014\u2013s,\u201d Walton said.<\/p>\n<p>Walton then turned to his broadcast partner, Dave Pasch, and joked: \u201cSpeaking of shriveling m\u2014\u2013s, what is your name again?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The<\/em> m-word.  Time will be there will be too many words to be <em>the<\/em> letter word.  But fortunately, when all dictionaries are electronic, they will update automatically.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, comrade, if you see one of these offensive cars:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/bsgfx\/mgmidget.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Remember to bash it with whatever is at hand.  <em>For s- &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; j- &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; -!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Walton facing backlash for using a derogatory term on broadcast. I always wonder if the news story will mention what the offending word is. If it&#8217;s really, really, double plus ungood, no. But if it&#8217;s only a single plus ungood or less, it will, and it did: During halftime of Arizona State\u2019s eventual 77-72 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3334,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3334"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30843"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30848,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30843\/revisions\/30848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}