People took to Twitter to admonish the company for its cringeworthy copy, with a couple of Bill Cosby references thrown in the mix. Many pointed out the "rapey overtones," while one Twitter user called it a case of "when trying to be 'edgy' goes left." (Some even thought the ad was a spoof "There is no way this can be real," another user tweeted.)Bloomingdale's promptly issued an apology: "In reflection of recent feedback, the copy we used in our recent catalog was inappropriate and in poor taste. Bloomingdale's sincerely apologizes for this error in judgment."However, the contentious text can't exactly disappear, since it's in a print catalog (and thousands of copies are surely already en route to mailboxes everywhere). Between this and Target's "Obsessive Christmas Disorder" sweaters that make light of OCD, the holiday shopping scene seems to be a bit more incendiary than usual. Hopefully we've seen the last lapse of judgement for the season — not including any head-to-toe glittering numbers we might choose to buy for New Year's.