You can’t have profanity if there are no prudes left to be shocked by it.
— Geoff Nunberg, “Swearing: A Long And #$%#$% History”
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You can’t have profanity if there are no prudes left to be shocked by it.
— Geoff Nunberg, “Swearing: A Long And #$%#$% History”
