I originally wanted to respond to say fashioning explanations of offensive language is just tongue-n-cheek and near click bait at best, and confusing at worst.

I originally wanted to respond to say fashioning explanations of offensive language is just tongue-n-cheek and near click bait at best, and confusing at worst. But if you have to write about offensive language, while ignoring its ambiguity and offensiveness, and taking as given the term is a legitimate type, and therefore legitimate topic of discussion, then this article is not the worst. I belive such language is best kept in comedy clubs. That said, having grown up around working class people, the word is unavoidable. And people say it with such conviction, you have to give them the benefit of the doubt at some point that they know an asshole when the see one and that the designation has some utility. Personally, I think I'd like this better if the graphic was accompanied by a scorecard, then you could score your interactions on public forums in a game of Who is the Biggest A$$#0le?