for the taboo avoidance file: "jackass"

Fri Mar 16 17:29:34 UTC 2012

At 3/16/2012 12:57 PM, Geoffrey Nunberg wrote:
>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.

Are you sure the bleeped part wasn't "rabbit"? or "-alope"?
Joel

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