Did anyone ever figure out the "J-Word" thing

[mourningdove92]

that Doonesbury was referring to? I just went to look at todays cartoon, but he seems to have dropped it.

[NMDemDist2]

1. not me eom

[liberalhistorian]

2. No, and I've been wondering

about that myself this week. Maybe we should all put our collective heads together and try to figure it out or come up with something ourselves!

[LSdemocrat]

3. "Jackass" was the only thing I could think of

but that seems rather tame.

[M155Y_A1CH]

4. Could it have been Jihad

That's on people's lips tonight? Sorry, I didn't see it but thought of a J that's being tossed around.

[burrowowl]

5. John

Like in Kerry, Edwards and maybe McCCain. Just a guess.

[punpirate]

6. I figure it's jerk-off...

... because so many of them are....

[MariaS]

7. Being from Chicago I'm thinking

it would be Jagoff.

[Wilber_Stool]

14. Isn't jag off two words?

I'd use a hyphen, but I'm afraid the grammar Nazis would come after me.

[Eric J in MN]

8. I think the joke is just that Bush mixes up expressions, and the...

...Bush character meant to say "F-word."

[mourningdove92]

10. But it was Cheney who used the term J-word in the comic.

and Smirk was the confused one...kinda like we are now.....aargh

[Eric J in MN]

12. No. I wrote a transcript in this post.

http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.html?uc_full_date=20040715

BUSH:
So how is Dick going to do up against Edwards?

ADVISER:
It'll be a challenge sir.

Edwards is a slick, sunny, Energizer Bunny with charisma to spare.

Dick is a dour, secretive old guy with a history of four heart attacks.

BUSH:
Can't he just tell Edwards to go J-word himself.

ADVISER:
J-word?

[petronius]

15. It first came up in Wednesday's strip:

[Ann Arbor Dem]

11. You know that * never learned his ABC's very well! n/t

[Cleita]

9. Jaysus Christ!!!

That's what I thought it was. There was a time that was considered a swear word, or eh taking the lord's name in vain, or eh, I dunno, makes no sense.

[achtung_circus]

13. I'll bet the punchline is

in tomorrows strip. Sunday is a stand alone strip, but Monday to Saturday tend to be threads.

[Gold Metal Flake]

16. I did.

It was a joke.

Stop looking for deeper meaning in the joke.

[democrat in Tallahassee]

17. john, perhaps as in Kerry and Edwards?

[lanparty]

18. Looking for something "tougher" than the F-Word ...

... so naturally the half-wit would thing that using and the g,h,i,j,k,l,m ..., z: - word would fit the bill.

Never use the z-word. That the worst word you can say because there are no more letters, that is unless you use the greek alphabet ;-)