There was a story on TV last night about the most objectionable word on the broadcasting control list.

We are issued with lists of words that are unacceptable, that if I used, any of the top four or five, certainly, I would be taken off air and correctly and I might not finish the year, just don't know. That's how unacceptable these words are.

All be it, that this particular word, the one that has been at the top of the list for a long time, has dropped from I think 73 per cent unacceptability to something like 60, it dropped a few points.

Now the story was there because the Green Party co-leader, Marama Davidson, says New Zealand must reclaim this word.

What does she mean, I'm not interested in her opinion.

I could say something right here that might get me into a bit of trouble. How on earth she got elected as the deputy leader of the Green Party is beyond me, well it's not really because it's a reflection on the Green Party itself.
Enough said.

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