Bastard
Profanity derived from the term used to describe an illegitimate child
Bastard is an offensive term in the English language. It originally referred to an illegitimate child, but it is now used as a general insult.
Quotations edit
- For me, the worst sin is hypocrisy. The sinner is not the assassin. The sinner's the bastard who hires the assassin.
- 1976, Joyce Haber, The User
- I wish people weren't so set on being themselves, when that means being a bastard.
- 1983, Robertson Davies, The Rebel Angels
- Get off of the fuckin' road you greenie bastard!
- 1994, Bad Boy Bubby
- Oh my god, they killed Kenny! You bastard!
- 1999, South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut
- "Call me later", you'd said, so I could call you later, at night, and it is those nights I miss you, Ed, the most, on the phone, you beautiful bastard.
- 2011, Daniel Handler, Why We Broke Up
