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:: Thursday, May 30, 2002 ::

Freakinophobia. I'm amazed at the coarsening of our language these days. For example: Last night in our teen Bible study, a couple of teens nonchalantly tossed around the adjective freakin' in our discussions of scripture. I ask them not to use that word, and they roll their eyes or look at me as though I'm from another planet. (Or maybe, from another generation.) Gramps has got his Depends in freakin' a wad again...


On Monday, when I went to see Star Wars: Episode II, I was exposed to the euphemistic f-word yet again when the trailer for the next Austin Powers movie, Goldmember, came up: He is brilliant! He is deadly! And he's still surrounded by freakin' idiots! Now I'm no prude, but I've never been too turned on by coarse or vulgar language, especially when it does nothing to aid in the communication. (I have to admit, however, that intro to the Goldmember trailer was pretty funny, and wouldn't have worked without the f-word.) In my conversations, I try to adhere to Ephesians 4:29 and Psalm 19:14.


More on the blogosphere. According to this piece by John Weidner, the term blogosphere was coined by Bill Quick of DailyPundit, whose blog, for some reason, isn't loading on my browser this morning. (Update: The site now loads, and Quick's blogosphere entry is here.) Thanks to Bene Diction at MartinRothOnline.com for tracking down the info.

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