Rahm, Prolific Swearer, Is Indignant About Swearing In City Council

By Mae Rice in News on Jun 24, 2016 4:27PM

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Mayor Rahm Emanuel is the Mariah Carey of swearing. He's iconic. But at this week's City Council meeting, Rahm got snippy with Ald. Proco Joe Moreno (1st) for using the acronym "BFD," the Sun-Times reports.

(BFD stands for "big fucking deal," in case you missed the BFD day of school.)

Moreno termed the paid sick-leave ordinance just passed by City Council a "BFD," after quoting Vice President Joe Biden saying the same about Obamacare when that passed.

Emanuel admonished Moreno that while Biden was talking directly to President Barack Obama, Moreno had the floor at Chicago's City Council, and needed to consider "decorum."

“I understand you abbreviated [big fucking deal]," Rahm said, according to the Sun-Times. "But, I do hope all of us respect this institution when speaking. That’s my one request.”

Moreno picked up on the irony of Rahm, of all people, chastising him for swearing. (Or really just like, using swearing-adjacent language). So did we.

In 1998, when British prime minister Tony Blair appeared with President Bill Clinton during the Monica Lewinsky sex scandal, Emanuel famously told Blair, "Don't fuck it up."

Here's a video that allegedly shows him saying various conjugations of "fuck" on TV:

That's not to mention the beloved (now defunct) parody Twitter account @MayorEmanuel, which was not tweeting stuff like this for no reason:

Rahm, "decorum" might not be a good hill for you to die on. But props where props are due: this was kinda funny! Way to be funny.