BLOG NUMBER 67; FEB 15, 2013; THE 'C' WORD

The ‘C’ Word

The reference is  to the term CREEP.  What does it mean when a person refers to or thinks of another or self as a creep or creepy?

Is the use of the term meant to describe someone, denigrate someone, define someone, or reimage someone?

WE SOMETIMES DESCRIBE ANOTHER PERSON AS: 

Weirdo                             Goon

Simpleton                         Schmuck 

Yucky                               Idiot

Cretin                                Imbecile

Dork                                 Looser

Half-wit                            Freak

AirHead

       

Bastard                               Crud

Boor                                   Scuzzball

Dirtbag                               Slime

Fink                                    Coward

Jackass                                Slob

Rat Fink                              Vermin 

These characteristics are used in most cases, to refer to someone who has offended another by his appearance, some action or words. They can be summarized and often are by the word CREEP.

SOME TERMS USED TO DESCRIBE THE CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR OF A VERITABLE CREEP  (creepus, veritias porcatus)

Animalistic                         Inhuman 

Barbaric                              Savage

Callous                                Sick

     

These feelings are used to describe notorious behaviors of people in our lives and the news--accounts of Serial Murderers, War Criminals, Scammers, Hate Mongers, Rapists, Child Molesters, Cyber Criminals, Home Invaders, Honour Murderers, etc.

THE TERM CAN ALSO BE USED TO DESCRIBE SOMEWHAT LESS OFFENSIVE BEHAVIOR 

Loudmouthed                               Malodorous           

Insolent                                         Ill-mannered 

Greedy                                          Anti-social

Insensitive                                     Foul-mouthed                                                        

Selfish                                           Braggart

These feelings are evoked when someone is simply unpleasant to be around. At times several of these descriptions are lumped together.

OTHER USAGE, TAKES THE FORM OF DENIGRATION, AND CAN BE FOUND IN TRADITION AND CULTURE. STRANGERS ARE THOUGHT OF AS CREEPY.

Members of different Tribes.        

Members of different Cultures

Members of a different Religion

Members of a Cult

Members of a lower class of society

Members of a Political Party 

Although there may be a small amount of personal contact and involvement; these divisions are passed on and mostly maintained

SOME PEOPLE TEND TO DEFINE THEMSELVES. SOME JUDGE OTHERS AND ASSIGN THEM TO CONVENIENT CATEGORIES.

Victims of abuse, neglect or deprivation always develop a low self-esteem

"Why am I such a loser? Why do people pick on me?"

The black sheep of the day are often thought of as creepy

"Oh he's one of those" That says it all.

SOME PEOPLE TEND TO REIMAGE OTHERS AS A DEFENSIVE MECHANISM. JUDGING OTHERS MAKES THEM SEEM MORE RELEVANT OR DISIREABLE.  OFTEN THEY VIEW SOME OF THEIR PEERS AS CREEPS.

Satisfaction through another’s misfortune

QUOTE FOR THE WEEK:
"A satirist is a man whose flesh creeps so at the ugly and the savage and the incongruous aspects of society that he has to express them as brutally and nakedly as possible in order to get relief."    -John Dos Passos, Novelist

LEMONS TO:

CREEP OF THE WEEK GOES TO PATRICK BRAZEAU. Senator Patrick Brazeau is facing charges of domestic assault and sexual assault, according to a spokesman for the Gatineau Police.

A CLIP OF CREEPY: