Let's bring the back the medieval definition of the word 'bastard'.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

Y'know, in days of yore, the illegitimate son of a lordship was often known as The Bastard of (insert name of Lordship), like The Bastard of Fauconberg, or The Bastard of Coucy. In Scotland, the word Wolf was sometimes used as an alternate, ie The Wolf of Badenoch. Wouldn't it be great to use this in a modern context?
Who wouldn't want to be The Bastard of Buffalo, or The Wolf of Albequerque?

Nonsense ends.

[UTUSN]

1. O.K. But Let's Reserve the Modern Connotation, Too,

for use with Shrub. As in, THE BASTARD!

[DrWeird]

2. Or how about the other definition

two different objects combined to make a new conglomeration. e.g. Spanglish is bastardized English and Spanish.

I was once playing D&D at a friends house. As his dad was walking past somebody mentioned a +3 bastard sword.

"Bastard sword," the dad asked, "what the hell is that? Do they have a cocksucker sword?:

[aldian159]

16. haha

that's great. Haven't played D&D in years, but I had a very similar experience explaining Magic Missile to my sister.

[Ysabel]

3. interesting / wolf...

one of my relatives - in the 9th cent. in britain - was called lupis...

[Whitacre D_WI]

4. My dad was seeking an annulment...

...so he could remain in good standing with the Church after my folks got divorced.

I asked him "does this mean that I will be a bastard?"

I though he was going to cry.

Anyway, I'd like to be "the Bastard of Springfield."

[Screaming Lord Byron]

6. You could terrorize cookie-cutter suburbia with sword and flame.

Not to mention the pillage and rapine.

[Whitacre D_WI]

7. Remember Erik the Viking?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

8. Terry Jones and various other Pythons?

[Whitacre D_WI]

9. Aye.

[FloridaJudy]

12. Be sure and get the order right

It's first pillage, THEN burn.

:evilgrin:

My neighbor has a bumper sticker that reads:
"It takes a Viking to raze a village"

[arwalden]

5. I Have A Bastard File In My Toolbox

I wonder why that's called a bastard?

[daveskilt]

10. Illegitimate son of the hammer and the woodsaw?

[arwalden]

11. LOL... I Never Thought Of That Possibility

You could be correct.

-- Allen

[Khephra]

13. I'm not trying to bring anyone down

But that definition was still in heavy use at the time I was born and it was NOT considered a good thing. In fact, my mother married just so I wouldn't be called a bastard.

And what did we get out of it? She married a wife-beater and I ended up with the last name of Breast.

(That's not my last name anymore)

[Screaming Lord Byron]

14. Well, then words that wound should be subverted.

This is just a dumb Lounge Thread, y'know.

[Khephra]

15. That's why I said I wasn't trying to bring anyone down

I just wanted to point out that the original version stuck around longer than you might have thought and was as powerful of a word as the "C" word not too long ago.

Believe me, I'm over it.

;-)