# Anthony Weiner may be in serious trouble **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 22, 2016, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571 "2016-09-22T11:12:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571/81 "2017-05-23T07:45:10Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > \*\* > THE VULVA BRIGADE STRIKES AGAIN!\*\* > > Seriously, dude, everybody is aware of the distinction. BigT was obviously using it in the colloquial sense, just like most everybody else does. They do? I’d say that to most people, calling a vulva a vagina sounds either confusing or stupid and ignorant, and to advocate for or excuse it would be analogous to suggest calling a mouth a face or pair of buttocks an anus. > [@Green\_Bean](#): > > Lord, you people are tiring. I don’t know why. This board has long prided itself on its use of at least moderately correct grammar and spelling and comes down pretty quickly on people who commit such grievances as typing in all caps, not capitalizing the beginning of sentences or otherwise punctuating their posts comprehensively, or even just coloring them (heh). Why it would be tiring to expect people to call things that are nouns by their proper name is something I’d be interested in hearing the rationale for. ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571/82 "2017-05-23T08:10:07Z")
I feel Mr. Weiner would be in his element on this board. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571/83 "2017-05-23T09:41:58Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > They do? I’d say that to most people, calling a vulva a vagina sounds either confusing or stupid and ignorant, and to advocate for or excuse it would be analogous to suggest calling a mouth a face or pair of buttocks an anus. Oh, stick it up your ass. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571/84 "2017-05-23T09:59:09Z")
By which, of course, I mean “rectum”. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571/85 "2017-05-23T11:00:05Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > \*\* > THE VULVA BRIGADE STRIKES AGAIN!\*\* > > Seriously, dude, everybody is aware of the distinction. BigT was obviously using it in the colloquial sense, just like most everybody else does. Lord, you people are tiring. Impeach **BigT**!! ETA: and by impeach, I mean labia. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571/86 "2017-05-23T12:34:16Z")
> [@Nawth\_Chucka](#): > > B/c fuck knowing what parts of a woman’s body are called, right? Who in their right mind would bother respecting ANY part enough to give a damn, huh? It’s not as though they’re attached to people that matter or else they’d just be dicks. Cut the crap. You know I know the difference. You just don’t like it that the common everyday usage is metonymic. The name of one part is used to refer to all the related parts. We lack any other word that encompasses all of the female genitalia. I wouldn’t even comment on the pedantry had you not tried to insist that I was somehow disrespecting women by not using the “proper” term. That’s fucking stupid. (And even stupider in response to someone with a vagina telling you to knock it off.) It’s just descriptivism vs prescriptivism, and scientific terminology vs. common usage. I am a descriptivist. I will continue to use words the way they are most commonly used. You can be pedantic or not. I don’t care. But save the self-righteousness for something that’s actually a real issue. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571/87 "2017-05-23T13:25:17Z")
My dad drives around in a black vulva. They’re safe, reliable, and good on the environment. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_Carlson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc79bd/32.png) [@Not\_Carlson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Carlson)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571/88 "2017-05-23T13:27:53Z")
> [@Nawth\_Chucka](#): > > What does that have to do w/ the matter at hand? 😕 Nice try reaching for the boat, but you already fell of the pier. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571/89 "2017-05-23T19:21:39Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > My dad drives around in a black vulva. They’re safe, reliable, and good on the environment. But they’re annoying as hell at the footy ball matches. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571/90 "2017-05-23T19:35:18Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Cut the crap. You know I know the difference. You just don’t like it that the common everyday usage is metonymic. The name of one part is used to refer to all the related parts. We lack any other word that encompasses all of the female genitalia. > > I wouldn’t even comment on the pedantry had you not tried to insist that I was somehow disrespecting women by not using the “proper” term. That’s fucking stupid. (And even stupider in response to someone with a vagina telling you to knock it off.) It’s just descriptivism vs prescriptivism, and scientific terminology vs. common usage. > > I am a descriptivist. I will continue to use words the way they are most commonly used. You can be pedantic or not. I don’t care. But save the self-righteousness for something that’s actually a real issue. I don’t like it any time ignorance is embraced as being close enough and I’m going to call bullshit when I see bullshit. You continue on your merry and ignorant way if that makes you happy. But know that you’re being obtuse just to enjoy being ignorant and maybe wonder why it feels good to do so in this situation. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571/91 "2017-05-24T01:16:48Z")
> [@Evan\_Drake](#): > > I feel Mr. Weiner would be in his element on this board. Of course you do. I’ve never bothered reading most of your posts but got the general impression that you were a regressive ignorant asshole. And now we know for sure. The only question that remains is why you continue to infest this board with your unwelcome presence if it’s such a bad fit for you. Although I suspect [we all know the answer](http://www.collectingcandy.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/CC_Trolli-Trolls-TITLE-PLATE.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571/92 "2017-05-24T01:32:39Z")
> [@Nawth\_Chucka](#): > > B/c fuck knowing what parts of a woman’s body are called, right? Who in their right mind would bother respecting ANY part enough to give a damn, huh? It’s not as though they’re attached to people that matter or else they’d just be dicks. Now _this_ is utterly asinine. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571/93 "2017-05-24T01:59:53Z")
Impeach the vagina! ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571/94 "2017-05-24T02:11:18Z")
“Knock, knock” “Who’s there?” “Huma.” “Huma who?” “Huma’st remember this, a kiss is still a kiss.” ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571/95 "2017-05-24T06:23:07Z")
I think some people have sand in their vulvas. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571/96 "2017-05-24T06:47:38Z")
A while back, I found out I could apply for membership in the Cherokee Tribe, since my father’s family name is on the list of Trail of Tears. I thought about it some, but on inquiry found out I couldn’t have “Dances With Vulvas” for my tribal name, so never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571/97 "2017-05-24T08:27:50Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > My dad drives around in a black vulva. They’re safe, reliable, and good on the environment. They’re a box, but they’re good. /Obscure? ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571/98 "2017-05-24T15:29:11Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > They’re a box, but they’re good. > > /Obscure? Who should get a Jaguar? ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571/99 "2017-09-25T16:10:32Z")
The Weiner Gets Hard Time - after pleading guilty to send obscene messages to a minor, Anthony Weiner was sentenced to 21 months in prison. He’d asked for probation, saying he was in treatment for his issues - which, I admit, the guy has issues - but you know? Fuck that guy. And Fuck Huma Abedin for standing by him to begin with. And Fuck Hillary Clinton for not cutting them loose months before the election. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571/100 "2017-09-25T16:38:44Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > The Weiner Gets Hard Time - > > after pleading guilty to send obscene messages to a minor, Anthony Weiner was sentenced to 21 months in prison. He’d asked for probation, saying he was in treatment for his issues - which, I admit, the guy has issues - but you know? Fuck that guy. And Fuck Huma Abedin for standing by him to begin with. And Fuck Hillary Clinton for not cutting them loose months before the election. Hillary should have made separation from Weiner a condition of employment. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-weiner-may-be-in-serious-trouble/766571.md?page=6)