for the taboo avoidance file: "jackass"

Geoffrey Nunberg nunberg at ISCHOOL.BERKELEY.EDU
Fri Mar 16 16:57:51 UTC 2012


Used by a U of Louisville fan to describe fans of U of Kentucky in an interview in NPR's coverage of the NCAAs yesterday: the second syllable was bleeped.

Geoff

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