I’ve got a bone to pick with Republican Senator Richard Shelby. I’d never heard of him until banking went bonkers, and the Senate Banking Committee became the biggest topic inside the Beltway. But I’ve got one request for him.
Senator, would you kindly stop referring to Congress’ plan to right the listing banking industry as the “mother of all bailouts?” I’ve heard it more in a week than I heard “yadda” in the ‘90s. And really, what did we moms do to you?
Yeah, yeah, it’s just an expression. But how did “mother” become synonymous with something colossally bad? On behalf of all women who spent nine months ballooning to whale proportions, and another three years shedding the blubber, I resemble resent that remark!
You think I'm kidding? Thanks to my friends at The Free and Urban dictionaries, let me lay out the evidence:
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The "mother load" - as in, an overwhelming amount of crap that you now have to slog through. Thankfully, your mother was a bit of a stickler about details. You'll thank her when you face this task.
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The "mother of all . . ." - insert something particularly unpleasant here. Think, the mother of all hangovers. Well, your mother told you not to drink that much and think you could come crawling into her house at 3 a.m., didn't she?
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"Motherf***er" - now come on, we have more taste than to sleep with the likes of that guy . . . really.
Excuse me, Mother Chocolate is calling.
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