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In praise of bad language

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Suzanne Moore
Mar 03, 2021
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Watching the genius that is Billy Connolly talking of the poetry of swearing the other night made me think about my favourite swear words. Jesus Suffering Fuck.

As I written before one of my achievements was getting minge into The Guardian in the early 90s. That’s slang not swearing….but still you know a career highlight.

On every newspaper that I hav…

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