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SOURCE: Wall Street Journal
2/2/2023
How "Jabroni" Became a Mainstream Insult
Long before Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson made the term part of his ring persona, the term had worked its way from Sicilian immigrants to the subcultures of criminals, carnies and con artists and the shop-talk of wrestlers.
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SOURCE: Chronicle of Higher Education
2/6/2023
Madeline Kripke Built an Immense—and Bawdy—Dictionary Collection
One woman's passion for collecting has been an invaluable resource for studies of the evolution of slang, profanity and vulgarisms; after her recent death, an epic quest to preserve the collection ensued.
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SOURCE: NPR Codeswitch
3/17/2020
The Classist History Behind Bad Bunny's 'Bichiyal'
The introduction of the term opened the floodgates for a debate about class, womanhood, and Puerto Rico's long history of reggaeton production.
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