Word: bastardize
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...Baalcould be physically punished when times take aturn for the worse. Putting Baal out in the coldMassachusetts winter a few times a week shouldkeep him in line. No second-round interview withMcKinsey? Feed him spanikopita turnovers,compliments of Harvard Dining Services. Bad newsfrom Harvard Law School? Throw the bastard in asnow bank. 'No distinction' on your thesis? Pitchhim off Weeks foot bridge...
...Verbal-insult trading is admittedly not a viable option. Hillary Clinton may think a certain Congressman whose name rhymes with "thin witch" is a bastard or an s.o.b., but neither appellation has anything like the force of bitch. The meanest things you can say about a man boil down to attacks on a woman: the mother insult, implying subhuman status and moralsand men can experience its sting only indirectly, at a generation's remove...
There is no equivalent epithet about men. Bastard and son of a bitch have less sting, in part because society expects -- and rewards -- toughness in men. The only comparable insult to hurl at a man is to question his manliness. The charge George Bush resented the most was being called "wimp...
...diverted from the street. At Options House, a shelter in Hollywood, 40% of youths counseled are reunited with their families. But family reunion is not always desirable. Says executive director Leslie Forbes: "Sometimes we'll call the families, and they'll say, 'So you've got the little bastard? Well, you can keep him!' " That leaves group homes, foster care or the streets. "Either they get connected to a service quickly, or they get connected with other hardened kids," says Michele Kipke, director of adolescent medicine at Children's Hospital in Los Angeles...
...finds his path blocked by the Black Knight, a belligerent fellow who happens to be no good at fighting. The Knight loses an arm, then another, then both legs to Arthur's superior swordsmanship. He is left in pieces on the ground, screaming to the departing King, "You yellow bastard, come back here and take what's coming...