From the president's point of view, the message he wanted to get out was the F word - friendship that is.
But like the panic over marriage, this panic over the F word is more ideological than a realistic assessment of the world as we know it.
Not to split hairs, but for most blacks, the n-word trumps the f-word.
So if the HRC says we're to eradicate the F-word from our language, just as the NAACP says we're to get rid of the N-word, then why do we allow the exceptions to the rule, and end up praising the offenders as friends of our communities?
"This past summer, CBS edited into a show that had to go through multiple reviews, by multiple people in the organization, the F-word, " said Tim Winter, who heads the Parents Television Council, and is supporting the FCC's efforts.
The F-word and the A-word are often nominated for the list, but Pink says offensive words aren't considered.
In the clip, she used the F-word with impunity while thanking her gay and lesbian fans for showing up.
When Kobe Bryant directed the F-word at a referee and he was caught on camera, there was a huge uproar.
Every time we go to a British football match we learn another creative way to use the F-word in a sentence.
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So I asked this guy how he could say the F-word was wrong, but his favorite comedian used it with ease.
If you use the F-word you will offend someone in the audience.
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We use the F-word not to inflame emotions but to provoke thought, for we find the behavior of the Obama-era left only disturbing, not alarming.
McQuaid, who was a high level employee within the organization at the time, recalls the instant frozen in time after the f-word flew from her mouth.
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Even in Senate hearings that were highly critical of some of the large investment firms' behavior, there seems to have been an unwillingness to use the F-word (fraud).
We shared creative uses of the F-word in a sentence.
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Conversations consist almost entirely of variations on the F-word.
Their film "The King's Speech, " the fascinating personal and historical story of George VI's work with a therapist to overcome a stutter, was rated R because of one scene involving use of the f-word.
Hamilton was referring to reports that he had used the 'F' word to his team principal Ron Dennis during the controversial build-up to the Hungarian Grand Prix.
She claimed her mother told her that Garry had been shouting at her and using the 'f' word.
Among other activity at F-Secure comes word this week that the company has forged a deal with security specialist Finjan Software.
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