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  2. Hindustani profanity - Wikipedia

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    The Hindustani language employs a large number of profanities across the Hindi-speaking diaspora. Idiomatic expressions, particularly profanity, are not always directly translatable into other languages, and make little sense even when they can be translated.

  3. List of religious slurs - Wikipedia

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    Also used in the term Hymietown, a nickname for Brooklyn, New York, and as a first name. [58] Ikey, Ike United States: Jews Derived from Isaac, an important figure in Judaism and common Hebrew given name. [59] Itzig Nazi Germany: Jews From Yiddish איציק ‎ (itsik), a variant or pet form of the name Isaak (alternatively Isaac). [60] Jewboy ...

  4. Spanish profanity - Wikipedia

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    With Spanish being a grammatically gendered language, one's sexuality can be challenged with a gender-inappropriate adjective, much as in English one might refer to a flamboyant man or a transgender man as her. Some words referring to a male homosexual end in an "a" but have the masculine article "el"—a deliberate grammatical violation.

  5. Profanity - Wikipedia

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    Profanity is often depicted in images by grawlixes, which substitute symbols for words.. Profanity, also known as swearing, cursing, or cussing, involves the use of notionally offensive words for a variety of purposes, including to demonstrate disrespect or negativity, to relieve pain, to express a strong emotion, as a grammatical intensifier or emphasis, or to express informality or ...

  6. How I chose my kids' Indian names so my husband could ... - AOL

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    It turns out that picking an Indian name is a delicate art when you are raising the child in the U.S. with a non-Indian spouse or partner. Meaning and tradition are two factors that greatly ...

  7. Category:Spanish profanity - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Spanish profanity" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  8. Obscene gesture - Wikipedia

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    In the Arab world, this sign represents the evil eye, and is used as a curse, sometimes in conjunction with verbal condemnation. [ 17 ] In the 2010s the gesture began to develop a vulgar connotation in the United States as a white power symbol, with the three upheld fingers resemble a W and the circle made with the thumb and forefinger resemble ...

  9. List of English words from Indigenous languages of the Americas

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    It does not cover names of ethnic groups or place names derived from Indigenous languages. Most words of Native American/First Nations language origin are the common names for indigenous flora and fauna, or describe items of Native American or First Nations life and culture.