The Australian Dictionary of Invisible Culture for Teachers
bastard
noun: a person of one kind (see more)
I think about him like this:
I know people of this kind.
Because of this, when I think about this person, I feel something.
I want to say something about this person. I don’t want to say what I feel. I want to say something else.
Some people say some words are bad words. I want to say something about this person with a word of this kind.
"The new boss is a clever bastard. The team will have to improve quickly if they want to stay on his good side."
"Look at all that graffiti! What poor bastard is going to have to clean that up?"
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