"No More Bullshit!" (Norman Mailer's 1969 campaign slogan)

Mark Mandel thnidu at GMAIL.COM
Sat Nov 24 18:01:09 UTC 2007


Well, *that's* got it backwards. No expression, even if you call it a
vulgarism, is a vulgarization of a euphemism for it.

m a m

On Nov 24, 2007 4:05 AM, Barry Popik <bapopik at gmail.com> wrote:

> New York Times
> Mailer's Nonfiction Legacy: His 1969 Race for Mayor
> By SAM ROBERTS
> Published: November 18, 2007
>
> [...]
> Even his three-word campaign slogan — a vulgarization of "No More
> Bull" — was unprintable.
>

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