Tom Wolfe in 1976: "Asshole is the going insult this year."

In  1976,  Tom Wolfe took note of  the newfound  popularity  of  a vulgar  old  word. "Asshole is the going insult  this  year," Wolfe wrote.  The epithet appears, without preliminaries, without a moment's notice:  "It's a chorus!  A  reprise! An  opera!  A  regular Asshole Rigoletto."

Yes, bring back the 70s.