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Word: scumbag (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...guests and rapacious to callers, got a dose of his own malice last fall. Frank Lautenberg, the New Jersey Democratic Senator who was in a bitter race with Republican and frequent Grant guest Chuck Haytaian, ran ads stating that "Grant calls blacks savages, and called Martin Luther King a scumbag." A tri-state ruckus ensued, with New Jersey Republican Governor Christine Whitman declaring she would no longer appear on Grant's show and citizens calling for the host's scalp and other body parts. But all the heat didn't hurt him. Whitman was soon back on the show. Grant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Look Who's TALKING | 1/23/1995 | See Source »

...didn't know the rumors about me are false I would probably think I was some kind of scumbag too," Fine conceded...

Author: By Tara H. Arden-smith, | Title: Hanselman Wins Race For Council Presidency | 10/17/1994 | See Source »

...become concerned about whether four-wheel-drive vehicles were being illegally exported. It added, "The BBC, presumably in their eyes a well-known terrorist group, would be treated like any other potential mercenary." The document concluded with the sarcastic assertion that should any staffer get "shot dead by some scumbag in Bosnia," the BBC would definitely complain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Raw Data: Oct. 18, 1993 | 10/18/1993 | See Source »

...people look ridiculous onscreen, and he is, by and large, willing to jettison Hylan and try out his technique on the photogenic and seemingly unassailable Brownes. Looking at some still photographs of the couple, Strickland's assistant remarks that Owen and Anne "don't resemble our usual run of scumbag." Strickland replies, "Trust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man Who Wanted More | 2/17/1992 | See Source »

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