{"id":194506,"date":"2016-06-09T13:10:54","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T20:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=194506"},"modified":"2016-06-09T13:17:03","modified_gmt":"2016-06-09T20:17:03","slug":"word-week-stable-bottom-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2016\/06\/word-week-stable-bottom-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Word of the Week: Stable Bottom"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Word of the Week<\/a>\u00a0comes from the\u00a0Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon<\/a>, a glossary of terms created by Chinese netizens or encountered in online political discussions. These are the words of China\u2019s online \u201cresistance discourse,\u201d used to mock and subvert the official language around censorship and political correctness.<\/em><\/p>\n

w\u011bn d\u00ecng<\/em> \u7a33\u815a<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n

Homophone of “stability” (w\u011bnd\u00ecng<\/em> \u7a33\u5b9a), a pretext for censorship and control.<\/p>\n

Starting with former president Hu Jintao<\/a>, the Communist Party has gone to great lengths to “maintain stability<\/a>” domestically. Using this rationale, protests are squelched, political dissidents controlled, and media censored.<\/p>\n

Netizens joke that the only things “maintaining stability” are the seats of the leadership on the throne of power. “If you want social stability,” a netizen once wrote, “officials can’t have ‘stable bottoms'” (\u8981\u60f3\u793e\u4f1a\u7a33\u5b9a\uff0c\u5b98\u5458\u4e0d\u80fd\u201c\u7a33\u815a\u201d<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Netizens play up the anatomical imagery, such as in this Weibo post:<\/p>\n

Xiangxianzhong001<\/em> (@\u9879\u5148\u4e2d001): harmony<\/a>, stable bottoms<\/strong> (May 1, 2016)<\/p>\n

\"79824b13gw1f3ft42cxb5j20cs0fumys\"<\/p>\n

\u548c\u8c10\u3001\u7a33\u815a<\/strong> [Chinese<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

See also stability maintenance<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Can\u2019t get enough of subversive Chinese netspeak? Check out \u201cDecoding the Chinese Internet: A Glossary of Political Slang<\/a>,\u201d our ebook of\u00a0dozens of new terms and classic catchphrases, presented in a new, image-rich format.\u00a0Available for pay-what-you-want (including nothing). All proceeds support CDT.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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