My name is Mason Porter. I am a Professor in Nordita (Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics) and am Professor in Complex Systems in the Department of Mathematics at Stockholm University. Previously, I was a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at UCLA. Before that, I was Professor of Nonlinear and Complex Systems in the Mathematical Institute at University of Oxford. I was also a Tutorial Fellow of Somerville College. I am still a Senior Research Fellow of Somerville College.
Sunday, August 23, 2015
Some Curse Words: Old-School and New-School
Some of our body-oriented curse words have been around for a very long time.
Seeing these charts makes me think of George Carlin's skit Incomplete List of Impolite Words.
I think I may never think about the word "ultimatum" in the same way again. I don't remember ever seeing that usage of that word before.
(Tip of the cap to George Takei.)
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