There Goes That Joke

First, I acknowledge that with everything going on in the world, this is not a big deal.

But

Using the word “nasty” has been ruined.

My wife and I are of the age when “Miss Jackson if you’re nasty!” was, and is, cool as shit. As a couple, it is used playfully, silly way. Such as, we are flipping channels and the wife comments that she hates that show, which I say, don’t be nasty, and you can guess what her response is, Miss Jackson if you’re nasty.

And Trump has ruined it.

We have both caught ourselves about to use the work jokingly with each other, and then we pull back. We don’t want to even use the same words as him, even if we both clearly recognize that the other is joking.

I mean, we didn’t have this issue with, “binders full of women.”

And I know that it will be coming in the news, because it is when any woman stands up to Trump, and clearly points out how stupid he is, that’s when the “nasty” word is rolled out. Like clock work.

What I feel is that I don’t want to use “nasty” in any context now. To do so feels like I am empowering Trump’s use of the word against women.

I also know this is a little silly, but it is the game with language; who can get to a word first and redefine it to their own purposes.

Just sucks