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  2. Seven dirty words - Wikipedia

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    A follow-up routine, titled "Filthy Words" (featured on his album Occupation: Foole) sees Carlin revisiting the original list and admitting that it is not complete, proceeding to add the words "fart", "turd", and "twat" to the list. He brings this up again in another follow-up routine, "Dirty Words" (featured in George Carlin: Again!

  3. 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 ...

  4. Category:English profanity - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "English profanity" The following 65 pages are in this category, out of 65 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  5. Minced oath - Wikipedia

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    The use of minced oaths in English dates back at least to the 14th century, when "gog" and "kokk", both euphemisms for God, were in use. Other early minced oaths include "Gis" or "Jis" for Jesus (1528). [12] Late Elizabethan drama contains a profusion of minced oaths, probably due to Puritan opposition to swearing.

  6. Norwegian profanity - Wikipedia

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    Other common swear words include: Forpulte, literally meaning fucked or whore-like, from pule (to fuck). Satan, same as in English; used as an interjection or to refer to hell: gå til Satan means go to hell. Fitte means cunt and is used as a noun similarly to in English; jævla fitte means fucking cunt. Kuk or kukk, meaning cock; used as in ...

  7. Hindustani profanity - Wikipedia

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    Madarchod (मादरचोद, مادرچود; English: Motherfucker), sometimes abbreviated as MC, is a Hindustani language vulgarism. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] It is a form of the profanity fuck . [ 8 ] While the word is usually considered highly offensive, it is rarely used in the literal sense of one who engages in sexual activity with another person ...

  8. Cursing is a sign of high intelligence, study shows - AOL

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    The study revealed that people who could name the most swear words in one minute tend to have a greater overall vocabulary. In the end, the participants of the study were able to come up with 533 ...

  9. Dutch profanity - Wikipedia

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    Religious curse words also make up a considerable part of the Dutch profanity vocabulary. Aside from these categories, the Dutch language has many words that are only used for animals; these words are insulting when applied to people. English terms often complement the Dutch vocabulary, and several English curse words are commonly in use.