Go listen to Kenneth Pollack, author of "The Threatening Storm: The Case for Invading Iraq" retract (with plenty of qualifications) his Case for Invading Iraq.

Don't feel too bad Kenneth. A lot of folks fell for it, myself included.

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Swear words and phrases are dysphemisms. A dysphemism - the exact opposite of a euphemism - is a means of expressing something considered offensive, harsh, crude, rude, taboo or embarrassing in a particular culture in terms that maximize its offensive impact. It is language used as a weapon; not neutralized, pacified and waved as a white flag. Swearing, profanity, obscenity, blasphemy, cursing, cussing and insulting - it's all here! Thanks to everyone who has contributed to it, this is the largest resource of foreign languages swear words and phrases and their English translations ever compiled. Here, you will learn how to insult, swear, cuss and curse in 106 languages. This section is updated regularly, so keep the new entries and modifications coming, and we'll keep adding them.

For those that like to swear. Like Jake.

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