Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing

Ever wonder why it's so easy to remember these kinds of words? Not just because they're taboo to politically correct society. Although, that's part of it. They are a whole group of words banded together in an offensive mnemonic...easy to remember!

 

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http://forum.chickensomething.com/index.php/topic/834-improve-your-memory-with-mnemonic-devices/

 

Besides, kids always pay attention to words that are taboo. Especially when parents tell them not to say them. Ever giggle in school when you first heard about Lake Titicaca?

 

17 Old-Timey Swear Words That Are Anything But Offensive Today

 



 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/08...71940.html

 

 

Word practice tools for your pleasure...Flowery insulting language can be so much fun.

 

The Foul-o-Maticâ„¢ 
 
...randomly produces foul language (insults, swear & curse words). Instant Tourettes, if you will.
 
Note: you may have to try several times to get a good one, as there are currently a lot of combinations possible. 
 
http://foulomatic.hnldesign.nl/
 

 

The ultimate politically uncorrect list of racial slurs...
 
The Racial Slur Database
 
http://www.rsdb.org/full

 
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Strong language is common to most cultures, but what makes a word profane, and how does cursing vary from place to place?
 
If everyday language is like the earth’s crust and the soil we garden our lives in, strong language is like volcanoes and geysers erupting through it from the mantle below. Our social traditions determine which parts of the crust are the thin points. It’s not enough to feel strongly about something; it has to have a dominating societal power and control structure attached to it. Strong language often involves naming things you desire but aren’t supposed to desire; at the very least, it aims to upset power structures that may seem a bit too arbitrary.
 
We tend to think of swear words as one entity, but they actually serve several distinct functions. Steven Pinker, in The Stuff of Thought, lists five different ways we can swear: “descriptively (Let’s fuck), idiomatically (It’s fucked up), abusively (Fuck you…!), emphatically (This is fucking amazing), and cathartically (Fuck!!!).” None of these functions require swearwords. In Bikol (a language of the Philippines), there’s a special anger vocabulary – many words have alternative words that refer to just the same thing but also mean you’re angry. In Luganda (an African language), you can make a word insulting just by changing its noun class prefix – from a class for persons to a class for certain kinds of objects, for instance. In Japanese, you can insult someone badly just by using an inappropriate form of ‘you’.
 
Animals can be dirty too, and are used in many insults, but animals are not normally near the morality-based social control structures, so they’re not usually what we think of as swear words – except when they come from veiled references, as with Mandarin guītóu (turtle’s head, standing in for penis). Likewise, mental deficiency is widely looked down on, but while insults the equivalent of ‘idiot’ are common enough, it’s only in a culture such as Japanese that it makes one of the most popular ‘bad words’ (baka). Social control structures differ somewhat from country to country, but they are, after all, developed by the same human animal on the same planet. It’s the same magma bubbling up.
 
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/2015030...-the-world

 

Swear To Me: The Art Of The Curse Word In Entertainment
 
Swearing, profanity, cursing, blaspheming — whatever you want to call it, certain four-letter words will always have a place in our vocabulary. Not everyone approves of them, but others understand their value. These colorful words can illustrate frustration, express joy, denounce your enemies, or even act as the punchline to a joke. Over the years, these powerful terms have become more prevalent in pop culture, reaching a fever-pitch with this year's Sausage Party. The animated film starring a talking hot dog (Seth Rogen) isn't shy about letting the expletives fly; though, with a scant 160 uses of the f-word, Sausage Party isn't even close to the top score. That honor goes to The Wolf of Wall Street, which holds the record (for a non-documentary film) of having 506 uses of the 'f'-word — over three times as many as Sausage Party. However, watching the animated raunch-fest, I couldn't help but feel bombarded and borderline offended by its use of flair (so to speak). With Wolf I didn't mind and was simply caught up in the majesty of the film. The different responses I had to films' uses of language, coupled with the disparity in number — 160 vs. 506 — got me thinking: is there an art to cursing?
 
I hope more movies and television shows decide to use swearing in creatively satisfying ways. Language should inform the plot and fit the essence of the characters. If there is one thing to remember it's this: saying "fuck" isn't always funny. 
 
https://moviepilot.com/posts/4069000