word of the year?

[Benjamin Barrett]

Unfortunately, I let my eyes wander on Urban Dictionary and found "legitifuck" from 2008.

"To have sexual intercourse with a person who was not drunk."

I'm closing that tab now.

Benjamin Barrett
Seattle, WA

On Aug 20, 2012, at 11:48 AM, Benjamin Barrett wrote:

> FWIW, JPGClog added the word to Urban Dictionary today in swipe against Republicans, and the word got sent to the Vocabology app as the Urban Dictionary word of the day.
>
> http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=legitimate+rape
>
> Benjamin Barrett
> Seattle, WA
>
> On Aug 20, 2012, at 6:43 AM, David Barnhart wrote:
>
>> What was going through the speaker's mind.  Legitimate rape!?!?
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> DBarnhart at highlands.com
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Hollis Barnhart [mailto:hbarnhart at highlands.com]
>> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 8:35 AM
>> To: David Barnhart
>> Subject: word of the year?
>>
>>
>>
>> worst euphemism maybe?  legitimate rape:
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>>
>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/post/legitimate-rape-and-todd-ak
>> ins-myths/2012/08/20/f8c048b4-ea76-11e1-a80b-9f898562d010_blog.html
>

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