<P> Ted has decided to spend Christmas in his home this year with `` his other family '' . He does n't want to spend it with his mom and her new boyfriend , Clint ; or his dad and his new ' girlfriend ' , microbrewing ; or his super-religious cousin , Stacy , in Staten Island . While Lily decorates his apartment , Marshall says he must go to the law library to finish one last paper that is due that day . He refuses to look at any of the decorations as he leaves because the `` winter wonderland '' will be his reward for finishing the paper . After he leaves , Lily finds the old answering machine that was unplugged after Lily and Marshall broke up . Lily plays messages that are still on it , and hears a message from Ted to Marshall telling him to get over Lily . In this message , Ted calls Lily `` a bad word ... a very , very bad word '' ( implied to be either `` bitch '' or `` cunt '' - based on the fact that Ted usually replaces the word `` bitch '' with the word `` beach , '' it is more likely the latter ) which is substituted in future Ted 's re-telling of the story with the word `` grinch . '' </P>
<P> Ted has decided to spend Christmas in his home this year with `` his other family '' . He does n't want to spend it with his mom and her new boyfriend , Clint ; or his dad and his new ' girlfriend ' , microbrewing ; or his super-religious cousin , Stacy , in Staten Island . While Lily decorates his apartment , Marshall says he must go to the law library to finish one last paper that is due that day . He refuses to look at any of the decorations as he leaves because the `` winter wonderland '' will be his reward for finishing the paper . After he leaves , Lily finds the old answering machine that was unplugged after Lily and Marshall broke up . Lily plays messages that are still on it , and hears a message from Ted to Marshall telling him to get over Lily . In this message , Ted calls Lily `` a bad word ... a very , very bad word '' ( implied to be either `` bitch '' or `` cunt '' - based on the fact that Ted usually replaces the word `` bitch '' with the word `` beach , '' it is more likely the latter ) which is substituted in future Ted 's re-telling of the story with the word `` grinch . '' </P>
what did ted call lily in the grinch episode
what did ted call lily in the grinch episode
`` a bad word ... a very , very bad word '' ( implied to be either `` bitch '' or `` cunt '' - based on the fact that Ted usually replaces the word `` bitch '' with the word `` beach , '' it is more likely the latter )
`` a bad word ... a very , very bad word '' ( implied to be either `` bitch '' or `` cunt '' - based on the fact that Ted usually replaces the word `` bitch '' with the word `` beach , '' it is more likely the latter )