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Jusy in case you hadn't seen it:  Grant Barrett: Top buzzwords and phrases of 2014

I was a little surprised to see "basic bitch" on the list.  Without that explanation, I would have assumed it was just meant a disagreeable woman who only did PVF - plain vanilla coitus.  Which, on reflection, may or may not not be restrictive enough.  So figure this one out:  bitch is the correct term for a mother dog, but why is twat (always used in an offensive manner) somehow halfway acceptable, but the c-word (sometimes used in an affectionate manner) is the the least acceptable word in the English language?

Has beertender ever made the list?

Flee made me think of the funny poem. 

Said the fly, "Shall we flee"" 

Said the flea, "Shall we fly?"

So they flew through a flaw in the flu. 

Obviously flee is a modified fly, but where did fly (and super-fly) come from?

Is lumbersexual a gay or straight thing, or is it open?

The Atlantic tells how to type a shruggie, but their instructions only works for IOS.  People who aren't infected with Apple can use Auspex (Win) or Textspansion (Android.)