Friday Nite Lite: Lalochezia for the Muthafukkin’ win!
Posted: November 28, 2014 Filed under: Political and Editorial Cartoons 7 CommentsHello!!!!!!!!!
I was chatting with Mona today…and we both were laughing about how the iPhone auto spell correct will change various curse words like “fuck” into “duck.” (Hell, when I replied to Mona…”damn” it changed it to “dame”…what a shitty pain in the ass.)
Anyway. When I told her how I had to add words like, fuck…fucking, shitass, etc. to the shortcut function on the iPhone keyboard…Mona LOL and said…
Lalochezia for the motherfucking win!
Ha!
Immediately I knew I had the title for tonight’s post.
That got me thinking about Samuel L Jackson…and his unique use of the word motherfucking. Check this out:
Every different way Sam Jackson has spelled “motherf**ker” since 2011
Since joining Twitter… in October 2011, Samuel L. Jackson has used the word “Motherf*cker” 186 times. And you’re probably all like, “So what, that’s no big deal!” The man’s got a thing for it, and I would too if I wielded it like a platinum pussy magnet. But read carefully, then go back and re-read because there’s no way to comprehend what I’m about to tell you. Out of all those 186 “motherf*cker”s, 151 of them are completely unique spellings.
151
completely
unique
spellings.
Nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs (no, not motherf*ckingly) and grammatical units beyond linguistic classification. That’s one new variant every 4 days. Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets, and I’ve been taught that he’s super important, even though I’m pretty sure he hasn’t offered even one spelling of “motherf*cker.” It’s unimaginable. It’s beyond poetry.
This infographic list the “motherfuckers” from 05/07/13 to 10/11/11…I wonder what this list would look like now.
As you can see, the first couple dozen are pretty similar in structure, if not mostly repeats. Then 2012 happened, and it seems like Mr. L. Jackson’s resolution was to never use the same motherf*cker twice. From January 2012 onward, 92% of his “motherf*cker”s are unique, compared to 81% total. Compared to 1% for the worthless other people like you and me. I’ve seen his variants described as crude or vulgar, but that’s bullshit. When Jackson uses the standard spelling, it’s only to acknowledge his aversion to its lack of style. He treats Twitter as the playground that it is, so he brings his celebrity character to the medium like he would anywhere else. The spellings are nuanced and sonically faithful to his pronounced talent. Read them as impressionist cues rather than literal spellings, and you’ll get 151 unique pronunciations.
Here’s to Sam Jackson, the Lewis Carrol of swearing.
Well, here is your muhbunchafuqqyn cartoons for tonight’s thread.
Oh and btw, Mona says hello…and she misses y’all!
AAEC – Political Cartoon by Tom Stiglich, MEDIA NEWS GROUP – 11/26/2014
Ferguson hood by Political Cartoonist Milt Priggee
AAEC – Political Cartoon by Matt Wuerker, Politico.com – 11/27/2014
Happy Thanksforthesavings – Political Cartoon by Paul Combs, Tribune Media Services – 11/27/2014
Looting Justice – Political Cartoon by Rob Rogers, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – 11/27/2014
Signe Wilkinson: Obama Strategy – Signe Wilkinson – Truthdig
Mike Luckovich: Ferguson Justice – Mike Luckovich – Truthdig
Ferguson Media Priority by Political Cartoonist Daryl Cagle
Nick Anderson: Turkey Day – Nick Anderson – Truthdig
Thanksgiving/C hristmas by Political Cartoonist Sandy Huffaker
Grand Jury by Political Cartoonist Zapiro
New Secretary of Defense by Political Cartoonist Bruce Plante
This is from an Egyptian State Newspaper:
Ferguson Clashes by Political Cartoonist Sherif Arafa
Riot Control – Political Cartoon by Rob Rogers, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – 11/28/2014
You Did This, Bill Cosby by Rick Jensen
For some reason, that Sack cartoon is credited with a Jensen cartoon…
Signe Wilkinson: Racism – Signe Wilkinson – Truthdig
Mike Luckovich: Ferguson Frightacide – Mike Luckovich – Truthdig
This is an open thread…
Have a good night.
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Great cartoons. I like the corporate greed, Thanksmas, and really, all of them!
Love all the muddafuggin cartoons, JJ,
Thanks for the mukafuggin cartoons.