“Scumbag,” sounds like the kind of hokey insult that would get you laughed at if you used it. When it was used in a New York Times, it got protests from some older readers, because once upon a time it ...
It can compliment, or dismiss. It sometimes conveys strong emotions, or no emotion at all. And that’s “nice” -- a tidy, sturdy word that’s remarkably adaptable. Hundreds of years ago, it meant someone ...