After reading Jen’s post about words over at Redheadranting this week, I got to thinking about words too and why we always, at the earliest opportunity, turn an innocent term into something sexual. I guess we’re just a depraved society that way. I blame the Internet.
The recent Tea Party movement and the subsequent teabagger label was an easy one. It certainly detracts from the issues, but at some point you can’t help but laugh. I’m pretty sure that the earlier Tea Bag, uh, Tea Party movements of the 1700′s didn’t have to suffer the same torment.
Then at one point this week, one of my colleagues told me about the popular game of Cornhole and directed me to their unintentionally hilarious website. Don’t worry, the link is 100% safe for work.
Really. Cornhole? We always called it bean bag toss, but the official name is “Cornhole”. It doesn’t get more unfortunate than that. Or does it? Their logo happens to be a suspiciously erect ear of corn.
When reading this snippet from their website, just try keeping your mind out of the gutter:
“Cornhole can be played anywhere – driveways, parks, backyard, campgrounds, beaches and even in-doors.”
Urban dictionary has about 45 definitions for cornhole and 2 of them define cornhole as a bean bag toss game. I don’t care if the bags are filled with corn or not. Cornhole is a terrible name for a game that’s “great for family outings.”
And finally, back in January of this year, the age old Canadian publication “The Beaver” was actually forced to change its name to the incredibly mundane “Canada’s History” due to the fact that The Beaver’s website was actually attracting viewers who were not exactly interested in the history of Canada’s fur trade. Damn, fur trade doesn’t work either. Put it this way: they were not looking for information about Jacques Cartier.
This isn’t really unexpected either. Canada’s national symbol is the beaver and has been poked – I mean made – fun of for as long as anyone can remember.
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