"be inappropriate"

Fri May 4 23:32:37 UTC 2012

On May 4, 2012, at 4:59 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

> Off-thread, of course, but there are frequent sexual remarks, f-words, and
> innuendoes throughout, but not a single "goddam," "Jesus," etc.
>
> Large, naked boobs fill the screen for a while. (Here "boobs" = 'breasts.')
>
>
> There is a lengthy scene of, as it is referred to by the Bad Teacher,
> "dry-fucking," which ends with a huge stain on the front of Justin
> Timberlake's jeans.

I thought dry-humping was the technical term--and comparatively clean too!  But maybe that's why she's a Bad Teacher; only a Good Teacher would refer to it as dry-humping.

LH
>
> Many reviewers find the latter "hilarious."
>
> So if you think there's anything raunchy about this film, maybe there's
> something wrong with you!
>
> Two and a half stars, for those who can stand it.
>
> But Lucy Punch as "Miss Squirrel" is terrific - and linguistically relevant
> as she's a Brit but does a vaguely Palinesque U.S. accent with impeccable
> precision.
>
> JL
>
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> On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 4:29 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:
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>> On May 4, 2012, at 3:48 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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>>> Definitely tending to replace more "judgmental" terms like "obscene" and
>>> "immoral":
>>>
>>> 2011  reviewer of _Bad Teacher_ at Amazon com
>>>
>> http://www.amazon.com/Bad-Teacher/product-reviews/B005SAV9SO/ref=cm_cr_pr_hist_4?ie=UTF8&filterBy=addFourStar&showViewpoints=0
>>> : Cameron Diaz plays the Bad Teacher and is so bad she's downright
>> vicious
>>> and inappropriate. There's very little that's redeeming with her....
>>>
>>> Having seen the movie, I can tell you that "obscene" and "immoral" (and
>>> "criminal") are the words this reviewer is looking for. (Not that it
>> wasn't
>>> fitfully amusing for those of us who never missed an issue of _National
>>> Lampoon_.)
>>>
>>> JL
>>
>> Interesting diversity of viewpoints:
>>
>> either "funny and refreshing, in that it is not laced with vulgarities and
>> profanity throughout" or (from a different reviewer)
>>
>> "you have cursing by unexpected people to unexpected people, in the
>> wrongest of circumstances"
>>
>> --but evidently not throughout.  Or maybe it just depends on your standard
>> of comparison.
>>
>> LH
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>>> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 7:56 AM, Jonathan Lighter <
>> wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:
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>>>> He clearly said, "I have never acted inappropriately with anyone,
>> period."
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>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdcvucjDTts   [at 1:07].
>>>>
>>>> JL
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>>>> On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 10:37 PM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com
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>>>>> Just sounds like an -ly drop to me. Especially with a long word like
>>>> that, who wants to go adding another syllable?
>>>>>
>>>>> Benjamin Barrett
>>>>> Seattle, WA
>>>>>
>>>>> On Nov 9, 2011, at 7:32 PM, Cohen, Gerald Leonard wrote:
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>>>>>>
>>>>>> This looks like a blend to me:
>>>>>> "I've never acted inappropriately" + "I've never done anything =
>>>>>> inappropriate."
>>>>>> Gerald Cohen
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>>>>>> Original message from: Joel S. Berson, Wed 11/9/2011 8:20 PM
>>>>>> <snip>
>>>>>> I think I heard Cain say "I've never acted inappropriate [yes, adj.]
>>>>>> with anyone, period."  But I'm too lazy to investigate.
>>>>>> <snip>
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