Kiedy nauka grzeczności idzie w las. Rozmowy polityków w mediach

The object of this paper is politicians’ utterances and statements of the period 2011-2019, which were addressed in the media (the radio, television, and Twitter) to other politicians and journalists. This paper intends to describe 8 most common manners of depreciating political opponents and their actions. The research material under analysis shows that the language used by Polish politicians, no matter which party they are members of, becomes more and more impolite. At times, such verbal behaviours fulfi l the ludic function and are desired by the audience, listeners, or readers. However, the described phenomenon is disturbing since the media and the people who appear there form the everyday language behaviours of Poles