Veep

[Jonathan Lighter]

What they're saying now:

"Fuck-a-dee-doo-da, fuck-a-dee-ay!"  (Hooray!)

"I'm nervous about [Sen.] Doyle. He can be a real hogfucker." (Vicious or
despicable chap; HDAS files have "pigfucker" from 1968.)

"A photo op with the normals and normalistas." (The common folk; is
"normalista" to be taken as a feminine form? Or as an enthusiast of
normals?)

"That bitch-bag of yours." ("Man-bag," but addressed to a gay man.)

And from _Bad Teacher_ (20011), named "Best Comedy" at the 2011 Teen Choice
Awards broadcast on FOX:

"I don't eat muff pie."

JL





On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 9:23 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> The new HBO comedy.  What they're saying:
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> "That guy is a weapons-grade retard."  (Cf. earlier "industrial-strength.')
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> "His Tweet monkey." (Press officer.)
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> "This has been pencil-fucked completely?"  (Thoroughly edited, revised,
> redacted, etc.)
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> "I am the user. He is the usee."
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> "That fucktard."
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> This show will be a big hit, because every other remark, almost literally,
> has a "fuck" or a "shit" in it.
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> JL
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