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.
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.