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ringmastery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-04 10:57 PM
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What is the most offensive swear word?
the "c" word?
the "n" word?
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kalian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-04 10:57 PM
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1. shrub....does that count?
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Rowdyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-04 10:59 PM
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2. I think both are equally disgusting
Edited on Tue Feb-03-04 11:00 PM by Rowdyboy
beneath contempt

One is pathetically racist, the other sexist and demeaning
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ringmastery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-04 11:00 PM
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4. except
when an african american uses the n word it's considered OK.

I never got that.
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camero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-04 11:02 PM
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6. I thought about that one too
But when they say it to each other it ends in a. Which I guess signifies a friendly term. I'm just guessing.
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Rowdyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-04 11:03 PM
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8. Gays call each other queers
Edited on Tue Feb-03-04 11:11 PM by Rowdyboy
I don't like that; I don't indulge in that behavior. But, if a subculture chooses to use crude terminology I will not deny them that right or call them bigots for using it...I really wish they wouldn't (BTW I'm gay)
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dolo amber Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-04 12:36 AM
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22. Or when
Edited on Wed Feb-04-04 12:38 AM by dolo amber
a British person says "c*nt". It's used as a synonym for "you stupid asshole", and often in a friendly way. I'll never understand why that word illicts such vehement objection but people can call someone a "dick" all day and night and no one bats an eyelash...:eyes:

edit: Or when I don't read further down before posting and basically reiterate a thought 2 posts down verbatim. :D

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Djinn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-04 12:49 AM
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24. nice to have someone agree
Hi dolo amber :hi:
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camero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-04 11:00 PM
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5. I agree
They both are.
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Djinn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-04 12:00 AM
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20. never actually considered the c word as sexist
atleast it shouldn't be anymore sexist than calling someone a cock/prick/dick etc. Or is it that female bits are supopsed to be more "rude"? I have to admit I occasionally use it - I used to hate it but then "fuck" kinda lost it's currency as a harsh swear word (atleast here where a judge even admitted that in some usages it's really not that offensive) and sometimes you just really need a good harsh swear word.

Who is it or by what process is a word first categorised as a swear word?

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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-04 11:00 PM
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3. C-word
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Exultant Democracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-04 11:02 PM
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7. Canada, yes that is a nasty word.
Edited on Tue Feb-03-04 11:03 PM by LeviathanCrumbling
Almost as bad as the F-word.....France :-)
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-04 11:04 PM
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9. Ah yes the freeper swears
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pink_poodle Donating Member (605 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-04 11:05 PM
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11. Hmmmm, so A for America equals...........
arseholes?????????
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Exultant Democracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-04 11:10 PM
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13. I for Imperialist
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TennesseeWalker Donating Member (925 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-04 11:05 PM
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10. I don't like to hear "G-D"
I really hate it when unclefucking shitfaced cockmasters take the Lord's name in vain.
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Spider Jerusalem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-04 12:49 AM
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25. Thought his name was "Jehovah"...
technically, "god" is a generic term for a powerful supernatural being (eg Zeus, Shiva, etc.) So unless Jehovah has legally changed his name to "God", it's NOT "taking the lord's name in vain" (and the commandment refers to the swearing of oaths, not to cursing, anyway).
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blackcat77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-04 11:09 PM
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12. "faggot"
Okay, technically it's not a swear word, but it SHOULD be, and it bugs me more than anything else.

(BTW, I'm not gay.)
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PVnRT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-04 11:10 PM
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14. Testicle-shitting recticle warts
are the only type of dumbfuck motherfuckers who use those fucking words.
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bubblesby2002 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-04 11:16 PM
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15. the 'c' word
it's the harshest sounding word. but the 'n' word is pretty horrible too
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DemoTex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-04 11:38 PM
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16. "FRANCE" or "FRENCH"
Edited on Tue Feb-03-04 11:39 PM by DemoTex
Boy, that is B-A-D. Sometimes I wear my Vrai Basque beret to the coffee shop at Highland Park Village. I hear the sniggles behind my back, and I hear the cat-calls and the "you-son-of-a-motherfucking-whore-I'll-whip-your-scrawny-ass" calls. Sometimes they call me a "slimey, puss-sucking yankee," or - worse - an "intruder" into the local culture of "Native Texans," nevermind the fact that my great-great uncle was the second president of the Republic of Texas (Mirabeau Bonaparte Lamar) and nevermind his queer French name. But they never use the "F" words (France/French). Bless their hearts.
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Khephra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-04 11:47 PM
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17. "censorship"
IMO.
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-04 11:48 PM
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18. Probably the C-Bomb, in America.
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Mobius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-03-04 11:56 PM
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19. A combo curse actually
c*ck s*cker
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Lostmessage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-04 12:29 AM
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21. The
"c", "p". "n" words.
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Djinn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-04 12:50 AM
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26. you've got me
what's the "p" word?
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NightTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-04 12:46 AM
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23. If the "N" word is "neocon," then it gets my vote!

Is there anything more offensive in this world than a fucking neocon?! :grr:
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