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  2. Damnation - Wikipedia

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    Dang (mainly US) or darn are common euphemisms, specifically minced oaths, for damn. The profanity of damn and its derivatives (e.g. damned, damnation) is effectively limited to cases where the word is not used in its literal meaning, e.g., "The damned dog won't stop barking!"

  3. Minced oath - Wikipedia

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    Common methods of forming a minced oath are rhyme and alliteration.Thus the word bloody can become blooming, or ruddy. [3] Alliterative minced oaths such as darn for damn allow a speaker to begin to say the prohibited word and then change to a more acceptable expression. [4]

  4. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    Below is an alphabetical list of widely used and repeated proverbial phrases. If known, their origins are noted. A proverbial phrase or expression is a type of conventional saying similar to a proverb and transmitted by oral tradition.

  5. Sins that cry to Heaven for Vengeance - Wikipedia

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    Second is the "sin of the Sodomites," which the New Testament defines this way: "Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion" (Jude 1:7). The second two sins are those that another brand of politics downplays: First, the plight of refugees, immigrants and those who need social assistance ...

  6. 40+ Phrases You Can Use to Amp up Your Dirty Talk - AOL

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    They might say, “When partners call me a b*tch, it’s not really a turn-on for me. I would love it if you called me a sl*t instead.” Dirty words for body parts (p*ssy, c*ck, d*ck, t*ts, etc ...

  7. Seven deadly sins - Wikipedia

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    According to a 2009 study by the Jesuit scholar Fr. Roberto Busa, the most common deadly sin confessed by men is lust and the most common deadly sin confessed by women is pride. [50] It was unclear whether these differences were due to the actual number of transgressions committed by each sex or whether differing views on what "counts" or ...

  8. Catholic hamartiology - Wikipedia

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    Hieronymus Bosch's The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things. Catholic hamartiology is a branch of Catholic thought that studies sin.According to the Catholic Church, sin is an "utterance, deed, or desire," [1] caused by concupiscence, [2] that offends God, reason, truth, and conscience. [3]

  9. Some experts say Santa’s ‘naughty or nice’ list can be ...

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    Duckworth says the “naughty or nice” list tells children their behavior is forever. “Life is a continuous learning exercise,” he says. “Hopefully there is nuance in how we talk to kids ...