How to swear in 107 languages! Swearing, Profanity, Cursing, Cussing and Insulting!

"Swear words and phrases are dysphemisms. A dysphemism - the exact opposite of a euphemism - is a means of expressing something considered offensive, harsh, crude, rude, taboo or embarrassing in a particular culture in terms that maximize its offensive impact. It is language used as a weapon; not neutralized, pacified and waved as a white flag. Swearing, profanity, obscenity, blasphemy, cursing, cussing and insulting - it's all here!"

Mindjack - Taste Tribes

"Where this becomes really interesting is when taste cross-pollinates between one medium and another. The guy in the Kraftwerk t-shirt may recommend that I read Douglas Coupland's Microserfs. On the surface, there is no direct connection between Kraftwerk and Douglas Coupland. But underlying both of these signifiers is a whole world of shared cultural assumption and contextualization. Not to mention the unspoken trust implicit in the transaction of ideas, which goes something like this: the guy in the Kraftwerk shirt is obviously an individual of high intellectual quality, because he likes the same things I do. Therefore, his recommendation is likely to be of the same high quality. Nobody thinks this consciously, of course – to do so would be to admit to a certain egotism about one's own intellect and taste. But we all think it nonetheless. This person likes cool stuff, therefore, they must be cool, too. Again, it might be superficial – but it turns out to be correct most of the time."

via boingboing.

Well, my apologies for the lack of updates here in the last couple of weeks. I went on vacation to San Francisco, and I haven't really gotten back up to my full steam yet. I've got a ton of pictures which will turn into a web gallery here very very soon. So check back for that. The Best of Orlando voting has started up at the Orlando Weekly, which means that the first bit of serious web programming that I've done is now in general use. Soon, you'll be able to try a beta test of my new message board software, and there MAY be a redesign of this site in the not-to-distant future. So stay tuned!