bolding

(Using “ASSHAT “, especially with bolding, is perfectly fine, however.)

Wonk Room » Dirty Coal Group Joining Teabagger Effort To Disrupt Town Hall Meetings 2009

The bolding is his choice, and it's real clear what he's saying.

Marlene H. Phillips: McCain's 'Country First' Actually "Republicans First' 2009

Once we entered print culture, people began to mix font types in an effort to express tone, such as bolding or italics.

Emoticons and tone Richard Nokes 2005

Once we entered print culture, people began to mix font types in an effort to express tone, such as bolding or italics.

Archive 2005-08-01 Richard Nokes 2005

"bolding" that occurs in the visual snippet of the search results.

Search Engine Optimization and Marketing News provided by Cumbrowski.com 2009

Or maybe they have moral and/or ecomonic reasons for their position. (bolding added)

Matthew Yglesias » The DeMint “Plan” — Fewer Jobs, Slower Growth, More Money for Rich People 2009

As for bolding EV, no invocation of some talismanic power, it is the way I always identify others in my posts.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Faisal Shahzad Allegedly Admits to Attempted Times Square Bombing 2010

This account is by Lewalta Haney, who was sitting at the table with Taylor when the police came up. (bolding added by me for emphasis of a few key points)

Eyewitness at Cantor Event in Louisa: "Does Freedom of Speech mean anything??" 2010

Some samples for your amusement, the bolding my emphasis:

76853 pabba 2009

Note that the underlining, bolding, and CAPS come from the website; I added the italics.

The Sacred Promise Phd Gary E. Schwartz 2011