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March 11, 2014 12:57 pm PDT
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Blog tracks NYT's avoidance of naughtywords
Fit to Print collects the literary gyrations that the New York Times uses to avoid saying bad words such as "dang" and "jeez" and "fiddlesticks.""A derogatory word for gay men, followed, alliteratively, by freak" "A master of the bitter and unprintable insults (His denunciations made me recall the title of an old Fairport Convention album, Expletive Delighted)" "The rapper French Montana gave an unaswer that features two unprintable worlds with that between them" "Mr.
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