Frequency with which various adjectives are intensified with obscenities (based on Google hits)
((The legend above the plot reads:))
Red marker: "fucking ____"
Blue marker: "____ as shit"
((Mathematical formula for scale next to the legend:))
Scale: ln(hits for intensified phrase
hits for adjective alone)
((The plot itself lists a series of adjectives in approximately descending order. Each has a red and a blue marker corresponding to the scale described.))
((Horizontal axis starts with none, then has a vertical dashed line, then 'rarely' at -17, increasing to 'often' at -5.))
((Each adjective is listed with approximate red and blue values, in that order.))
Annoying -5 -5
Pissed -5 -6
Stupid -5 -8
Bored -6 -6
Sexy -5.5 -6.5
Adorable -6.5 -9.5
Disgusting -6.5 -12.5
Calm -7 -10
Delicious -8 -13
Obscene -6 -14
Prosaic -10 -13.5
Bemused -8.5 -14
Apropos -10.5 -16
Ambivalent -12 -17
Improper -12.5 -18
Evanescent -14 -14.5
Piquant -9.5 never
Jejune -9 never
Kafkaesque -10 never
Stochastic -14 never
Fungible -12 never
Peristeronic never never ("Of or pertaining to pigeons")
[[there are two small scenes in the bottom right of the plot. The first shows a pair of women holding wine glasses.]]
Second woman: Yes, the Cabernet is piquant as
shit
this time of year.
[[The second shows a person sitting at a computer desk.]]
Person: Whoa, these commodities are fucking
fungible
!
{{Title text: 'Fucking ineffable' sounds like someone remembering how to do self-censorship halfway through a phrase.}}
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