MythTickle by Justin Thompson for January 24, 2020

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    John W. Vinson Premium Member almost 5 years ago

    What I found disheartening is that “son of a b****” originated as a euphemism for “dog”, which was itself a euphemism for “someone who has sex like a dog”, i.e. buggery. So it’s just homophobia with embarrassed euphemism two layers deep.

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    Melki Premium Member almost 5 years ago

    We used to have a lovely British woman in my book group who was a dog breeder, and even though we were mature women of a certain age, we’d dissolve into giggles whenever she would say, “Come see my newest little bitch!”

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    Ermine Notyours  almost 5 years ago

    One of Jim Henson’s last television appearances was when he had Rolf the dog say “Son of a bitch!” on the Arsenio Hall Show.

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    craigwestlake  almost 5 years ago

    And slurred speech has caused many Beech trees to become Weeping Willows…

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    Sisyphos  almost 5 years ago

    The problem arises from “son of a b**ch” being most often used for non-canines. Some non-canines consider that to be offensive. Thin-skinned s-o-bs, ya know?

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    BWR  almost 5 years ago

    Cerberus: From ‘Kerberos’, or ‘spotted’. Who knew the Lord of the Underworld had named his dog ‘Spot’?

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