Word: wanker
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...Harman in the past tense-common usage for politicians who know their words will appear after a vote takes place. That was sloppy and... suspicious! Proof that you just can't trust the mainstream media. On Eschaton, a blog that specializes in media bashing, I was given the coveted "Wanker of the Day" award. Eventually, Harman got wind of this and called, unbidden, to apologize for misleading me, saying I had quoted her correctly but she had changed her mind to reflect the sentiments of her constituents. I published her statement and still got hammered by bloggers and Swampland commenters...
Writer Helaine Olen, in a New York Times article on July 17, caused a Web-wide stir when she described firing her nanny Tessy for blogging about the family. The Web consensus? Olen was wrong to sack the nanny--ATRIOS dubbed the essayist "wanker of the week"--and downright depraved for airing her dirty laundry in the pages of the Gray Lady. Opinion was divided on whether Tessy made a mistake by confessing the blogging to her employer. The nanny fired back with a 3,200-word rebuttal on her site, INSTRUCTIONS TO THE DOUBLE, then announced that she would...
...hopelessly beautiful New York singleton determined to deal with her sleazy ex-fiancé in a mature, classy and graceful way. Her liberated, “I-will-survive” plan: hire a male escort as a date to her sister’s wedding, where aforementioned wanker is best...
...lists, it’s really hard to get off. What scares me is that everyone has lists like mine. How do I know that all those people in my sections aren’t looking at me for 10 seconds and then mentally declaring, “Wanker!” I want to say, “No, man, you got me all wrong. Really! I’m a nice guy!” It’s not that I care individually what other people think of me, it’s more the principle...
...resort, a London bagelry and a fast-food chain named after his partner, the (11th and current) Earl of Sandwich. But Earl refuses to abandon his often lonely Planet. "I've got a lot of people I need to win for," Earl says, practically seething as he describes "some wanker journalist" asking political hopeful and former Planet partner Arnold Schwarzenegger about the company's financial troubles. Sure, Earl would love to win one for the Terminator, Bruce and Sly, but mostly Earl wants to get even and get rave reviews once more. "I've never had a failure...