My Son's Favorite Word is "Bullshit"
My son’s favorite word is “Bullshit”. He hasn’t come out and actually told me that. But as a parent who spends a lot of time around my son and can answer with confidence that his favorite food is chicken tenders and his favorite sports are baseball and basketball, I have just as much confidence saying that his favorite word is bullshit. Now, this has been building for a while. It’s not like he just woke up one day and thought, “Bullshit. I like it. I think I’ll go with that.” I will admit, up until recently I thought his obsession was more of an exploratory curiosity that a lot of kids are struck with around the age of 14. You know, cursing, testing it out. Seeing how much he can get away with. However, I’m quite sure we’ve moved on from that. And these days, I have no doubt that bullshit is indeed my son’s favorite word. And let’s be honest. It’s a great word. In fact, it’s such a great word, that in 2005, a philosopher by the name of Harry G. Frankfurt published a book called “On