Comments on: F-Words, F-Bombs and Booze, Part 1 http://www.bevlaw.com/bevlog/vodka/f-words-f-bombs-and-booze-part-1 Distilling a million label approvals down to the ones that affect you. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:47:27 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: F-Words, F-Bombs and Booze, Part 3 | bevlog | beer, wine, spirits trends | beverage blog http://www.bevlaw.com/bevlog/vodka/f-words-f-bombs-and-booze-part-1/comment-page-1#comment-1003 F-Words, F-Bombs and Booze, Part 3 | bevlog | beer, wine, spirits trends | beverage blog Fri, 15 May 2009 12:57:23 +0000 http://www.bevlaw.com/bevlog/?p=1167#comment-1003 [...] back in December of 2008 we ran Part 1 and Part 2. We didn’t really expect to see too many more variations on this theme, or that it [...] [...] back in December of 2008 we ran Part 1 and Part 2. We didn’t really expect to see too many more variations on this theme, or that it [...]

]]> By: admin http://www.bevlaw.com/bevlog/vodka/f-words-f-bombs-and-booze-part-1/comment-page-1#comment-308 admin Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:38:06 +0000 http://www.bevlaw.com/bevlog/?p=1167#comment-308 Joel Achenbach has a good article on the same topic: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/23/AR2006062301378.html. He begins: The most versatile word in our language can do almost anything, other than be printed in a family newspaper. It can be a noun, a verb, a gerund, an adjective or just an expletive. It can be literal or figurative. Although it has an explicit sexual meaning, it's usually used figuratively these days, as an all-purpose intensifier. The F-word remains taboo. But just barely. We may be entering an era in which this fabled vulgarity is on its way to becoming just another word -- its transgressive energy steadily sapped by overuse. ... Joel Achenbach has a good article on the same topic: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/23/AR2006062301378.html.

He begins: The most versatile word in our language can do almost anything, other than be printed in a family newspaper. It can be a noun, a verb, a gerund, an adjective or just an expletive. It can be literal or figurative. Although it has an explicit sexual meaning, it’s usually used figuratively these days, as an all-purpose intensifier.

The F-word remains taboo. But just barely. We may be entering an era in which this fabled vulgarity is on its way to becoming just another word — its transgressive energy steadily sapped by overuse. …

]]> By: F-Words, F-Bombs and Booze, Part 2 | bevlog | beer, wine, spirits trends | beverage blog http://www.bevlaw.com/bevlog/vodka/f-words-f-bombs-and-booze-part-1/comment-page-1#comment-306 F-Words, F-Bombs and Booze, Part 2 | bevlog | beer, wine, spirits trends | beverage blog Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:30:17 +0000 http://www.bevlaw.com/bevlog/?p=1167#comment-306 [...] we discussed a scholarly article on the F-Word, in F-Words, F-Bombs and Booze, Part 1. That post was long on discussion and short on examples, so here are several examples of approved [...] [...] we discussed a scholarly article on the F-Word, in F-Words, F-Bombs and Booze, Part 1. That post was long on discussion and short on examples, so here are several examples of approved [...]

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