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Marjorie Taylor Greene called Lauren Boebert a . . . what?

It’s not every day that you hear a woman use this insult on another woman. Especially not in Congress.

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June 23, 2023 at 12:47 p.m. EDT
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) attend a meeting on Capitol Hill in January. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)
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First, let’s stipulate that the phrase “little b----” is 20 percent cussing, 80 percent context and that, chameleon-like, it can take on myriad meanings based on the situation, the insulter and the insultee.

Little b---- [adj. + noun], Straight male to straight male version: Deployed to emasculate, to imply submissiveness and lack of gonads. (Exception: “b----” utilized in the Jeremy Piven fashion, i.e. spoken with affection, e.g. “Hug it out, b----.”)