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Eric Kiker, freelance copywriter and admitted potty-mouth, is well aware that he offended people recently while addressing the ad club in Albuquerque, N.M. In fact, he’s pretty damn proud of it.

How else to explain the 44-year-old adman’s recent news release, which carried the headline, “Freelancer E. Kiker speaks to, curses at, New Mexico ad club”? In it, Kiker dutifully notes that he peppered his 50-minute speech with “86 slang references” and insulted everyone in advertising (creatives were “whiny twits,” agency presidents were “money-grubbing pig boys,” etc.).

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