[Ads-l] f------d

[Jonathan Lighter]

I chose the "f------d" style specifically so people would gasp with
surprise at the actual wod, printed in full in the headline as has been
observed.

Heh.

BTW, my recollection is similar to Bill's: no "-tards" but "re-" till the
'90s. And not many since. "Libtard" has become ridiculously common in
recent years.

JL

On Fri, Oct 8, 2021 at 10:21 AM Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:

> I find the decision to elide all but the first and last letters
> interesting.
>
> I would use f---tard to differentiate from f---head, which I expect is
> older.
>
> On Thu, Oct 7, 2021, 11:16 PM Baker, John <JBAKER at stradley.com> wrote:
>
> > Does “fucktard” really only go back to the 1990s?  I didn’t check HDAS or
> > The F-Word, but Green has it only as early as 1994.  It feels like I’ve
> > heard it a lot longer than that.
> >
> > It’s pretty striking to see “fucktard” spelled out right in the headline,
> > in a story that elides “faggot” as “f—t.”  Since “-tard” obviously
> derives
> > from “retarded,” the case for elision would seem at least equally as
> > strong.  On the other hand, I’m not sure I would know what to make of a
> > sentence in a news story that someone was called a “f------d.”
> >
> >
> > John Baker
> >
> >
> >
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