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What Germany Does To Drivers Who Raise 'Der Stinkefinger'

WorldCrunch - Die Welt | Bertrand Hauger | Posted 05.15.2013 | World
Read More: Insults, Points on License for Giving the Finger, Germany Minister of Transport Peter Ramsauer, German Drivers Rude Gestures, Video, Middle Finger, Peter Ramsauer, Germany, Giving the Finger, Flipping the Bird, Stinkefinger, Rude Gestures, World News

DIE WELT (Germany) Worldcrunch BERLIN - A German driver who insults another with gestures like tapping their finger against their head to indicate c...

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How Political Insults May Be Affecting Your Behavior and What You Can Do About It

Kare Anderson | Posted 01.01.2013 | Impact
Read More: Friendship, Insults, Likeability, Anger, Conflict, Relationship-Building, Maintaining Friendships, Friendships, Building Friendships, Impact News
Kare Anderson

Let's talk about ways to make friends more easily because, research shows, friendship is especially cherished during volatile, hostile times.

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Insult, Offense and Rage: What Muslims and Americans Need to Know

Tom Morris | Posted 11.25.2012 | World
Read More: Egypt, Egyptian Protests, Philosophy, Insults, Pakistan Demonstrations, Greatness, Tom Morris, The Innocence of Muslims, Videobya Protests, Middle East, Lirophet, World News
Tom Morris

A video should not result in violence. A cartoon should not result in killing. A novelist should not have to hide for years of his life because of a work of fiction. No one needs to be this sort of guardian for true greatness.

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What the Vidal/Mailer Feud Taught Us: When In Doubt, Laugh

Nick Kolakowski | Posted 08.05.2012 | Books
Read More: Insults, Dick Cavett, How to Become an Intellectual, Gore Vidal, Debates, Norman Mailer, Books News
Nick Kolakowski

He was neither the first nor last intellectual jailed for heretical writings, and in some respects he proved lucky: Governments and other powers have a longstanding habit of killing thinkers whose ideas threaten the status quo.

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The Best Literary Insults

Posted 05.17.2012 | Home
Read More: Best Disses, Insults, Literary Insults, Best Insults of All Time, Slideexpand, Best Insults, Best Literary Insults, Home News

Earlier this week, we featured a series of zings courtesy of the master of insults, William Shakespeare. Feeling inspired by Shakey, we asked you, dea...

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The Best Insult I Ever Got

Dori Hartley | Posted 05.13.2012 | Women
Read More: Insults, Relationship Advice, Relationships, Sex, Cancer Survivor, Dating, Breast Cancer, Self-Esteem, Celibacy, Self Love, Breast Cancer Awareness, Women News
Dori Hartley

One minute later, with the guy still on the phone, I no longer cared. Elvis had left the building.

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Frank Bruni Gets it Right When it Comes to Women and Words

Dorian de Wind | Posted 05.13.2012 | Women
Read More: Sandra Fluke, Women's Sexuality, Women's Issues, Rush Limbaugh, Sex Promiscuity, Insults, Frank Bruni, Erica Jong, Kim Cattrall, Women News
Dorian de Wind

"Despite the best efforts of everyone from Erica Jong to Kim Cattrall, women are still seen through an erotically censorious prism, and promiscuity is still the ultimate putdown."

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Why You Should Think Before Saying 'Just'

Carolyn Bucior | Posted 01.31.2012 | Women
Read More: Women, Widowhood, Divorce, Words, Insults, Motherhood, Etiquette, Communication Skills, Communication, Women News
Carolyn Bucior

Just one child. Just a waitress. Just an average student.

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What the !#$@%*?: Will the Rise of Spanish Redefine Indecency?

Daniel Cubias | Posted 08.26.2011 | Media
Read More: Insults, Broadcasting, Latinos, Latino, Ranchera, Univision, Broadcast Indecency, English, Hispanic, Bilingual, Spanish, Bilingualism, Hispanics, Cussing, Obscenity, Broadcast Media, Indecency, Broadcast TV, English Language, Vulgarity, Multilingualism, Fcc, Multilingual, Spanish Language, Federal Communications Commission, Bleep, Los Angeles Times, Spanish Broadcasting, Liz Lemon, Sue Sylvester, Swearing, Media News
Daniel Cubias

It stands to reason that as America grows more multilingual, we'll hear more Spanish on the airwaves. And some of that Spanish will be of the naughty variety.

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Husbands Can Be Jailed For Insulting Wives In France

Telegraph | Henry Samuel in Paris | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Husbands, French Family Minister, Insults, French Law, Nadine-Morano, French Marriage, Domestic Disputes, World News, Domestic Abuse, World News

Couples who insult each other over their physical appearance or make false accusations about infidelity face jail, under a new French law making "psyc...

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Sticks and Stones: On the Power of Words

Vaishali | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Insults, The Power of Words, Verbal Insults, Verbal Weaponry, The Giving Life, Words, Healthy Living News
Vaishali

Words can only harm you if you capitulate to the assault. You existed before other people with bad manners and questionable choices of words, and you will exist after.

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National Insult Hall of Fame Inducts "Yo Mama!" as Insult of the Decade

Mark C. Miller | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Read More: Insults, Comedy News, Comedy, Comedy News
Mark C. Miller

Sigmund Freud said, "The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization." Indeed, throughout history, insults have packed powerful political, social, and cultural punches for civilization.

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Jason Linkins

True/Slant Cautions Writers Against Name-Calling

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Internal Memos, Insults, Name Calling, Trueslant, Media Criticism, Eat the Press, Media News

True/Slant is cracking down on name-calling -- or at least name-calling that's not sufficiently Proustian -- according to a memo sent out by editorial...

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What Glenn Beck Doesn't Understand About Biblical Social Justice

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: Market, Insults, Dialogue, The Colbert Report, Social Justice, Radicalism, Mormon Church, President Obama, Jim Wallis, Demagogue, Catholic Charities, Faith-Based Initiatives, Pope Benedict, Poor, Public Policies, Catholics, Conservative, Government, Values, Good News, Salvation Army, Dorothy Day, System, Moral Compass, Attack, Hate, Lazarus and the Rich Man, Jesus, Politics, Biblical, Stephen Colbert, Role of Government, Priest, Barack Obama, Benedict XVI, Pope Benedict XVI, Jon Stewart, Bible, Kingdom of God, Socialism, Gospel, Glenn Beck, Nazi, Poverty, Seminary, Video, Religion News
Jim Wallis

Jesus said that we should love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us. I invited Beck to a civil and respectful conversation about the issues at stake here, but he has chosen a different path.

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Ben Craw

The 80s Bully Megacut: Shoves, Wedgies, Putdowns, and Punches (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Ben Craw | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Read More: Insults, Wedgies, Mashup, Bully, Montage, Shoves, Compilation, 80s Bullies, Bullies, Movies, Video, Reel, Putdowns, 1980s, 80s Bully, Tribute, Funny Videos, 80s, Punches, 80s Movies, Comedy News

Remember the '80s? Big hair, hot cars, pulsing music... and bullies. Bullies everywhere. Although now extinct, the '80s bully was at one time one o...

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Class Insults Unite: "Wearing A Flag Pin And Showing His Crack"

Joan Williams | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Insults, Slurs, Obama White Working Class, Elite, White Working Class, White Working Class Voters, Ruling Elite, Classism, Barack Obama Elitist, New Deal Coalition, Politics News
Joan Williams

Obama's doing a great job keeping the focus on the economy. Let's not blow it on the cultural front.

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