Many nerdcore anthems — “You Got Asperger’s” by MC Frontalot, “Fett’s Vette” by MC Chris, “View Source,” by Ytcracker (“Eagerly awaiting my macro advances/running with my beta cuz I’m taking chances”) — are as much efforts at comedy as they are attempts at sincere hip-hop.

Some anti-circumcisionists would outlaw the practice of infant circumcision, even for religious reasons.

The professor seemed offended by the criticism of her pet theory.

For so many years you have been surprisingly successful in keeping blinders on my unbehaving and irreverent eyes.