The Australian Dictionary of Invisible Culture for Teachers
bastard, a
noun: a person of one kind (see more)
A kind of person
People of this kind are bad people. People of this kind can do many bad things.
Because of this, when I think about a person of this kind, I feel something bad.
I want to say something bad about this person. Some people say some words are bad words. I want to say something about this person with a word of this kind.
"The bastard who had plunged a knife repeatedly into Hayley was an aberration, a twisted specimen of humanity, not the norm."
"What kind of bastard would leave a family pet tied up to die?"
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