Owning a Word

11/15/2020 (posted 3/6/21)

On a recent episode of Saturday Night Live, Maya Rudolph played Vice-President Elect Kamala Harris during a mock of the Presidential debate. She came onto the stage, made “President Trump” apologize to “VP Biden” and then said, “America needs a WAP — a Woman as President.”

My husband, who is generally a good man who values education and is generally liberal in his beliefs, looked over at our 17-year-old son and said, “Do you get it, WAP?” I had to look up the reference. According to Urban Dictionary, the term is a “wet ass pussy,” which I hate to even…