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carlin
/ ˈɑːɪ /
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of carlin1
Example Sentences
“He was very clever and quick. I just fell in love with him,” Murry Wilson says in Peter Carlin’s “Catch a Wave: The Rise, Fall and Redemption of the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson.”
But the second coming of a movie that brought us one of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s best on-screen collaborations and an A-list comedic ensemble — including George Carlin, Chris Rock, Janeane Garofalo and Alan Rickman — not to mention the meme-worthy, winking “Buddy Christ,” warrants a long-awaited hallelujah.
In 1972, comedian George Carlin delivered one of the most iconic bits in stand-up history: “Seven Dirty 51Թs You Can’t Say on Television.”
Banning them from the airwaves, as Carlin observed, gave them power they wouldn’t have had otherwise.
But just as with Carlin’s original list, banning these words doesn’t make them go away.
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