'Moist' – a word apparently despised the world over – is about to be named the worst word in the English language. The word has emerged as a clear frontrunner in a global survey conducted by Oxford Dictionaries.
It is zounds and was used in the Victorian era, when we were too polite to say, What the fuck!
1. F*ck. The word f-u-c-k is one of the most widely recognized swear words in the English language. The literal f-word is a shortened version of: 'FornicationUnder the Consent of the King.'
5 letter words. Beard, Fanny, faded cocks. Weird wanks. Farted.
d-word (plural d-words) (euphemistic) The word damn.
e-word (plural e-words) Any word beginning with e, especially one referring to something electronic, or one that is (often humorously) treated as controversial in a given context (for example, evolution, evangelical or enlightenment). quotations ▼ The word Eskimo, which is considered offensive in Northern Canada.
Prostitute, considered an offensive term by most sex workers' rights activists.
noun. variants or the F-word. used as a way to refer to the offensive word "fuck" without saying it or writing it.
F-word euphemisms
Frig, frack, frick, fork, and fug, d'fuq, fux, and WTF (or whiskey tango foxtrot) are all popular substitutions, especially for the spoken f-word.
Its use is generally considered rude and impolite, and may also be considered a form of profanity by some.
When host Jimmy Fallon told Jackson that Hill is first on the list, The Banker star replied: “That's some bulls***.” Hill has used a total of 376 curse words in film history, followed by Leonardo DiCaprio who has cursed 361 times. Jackson came in third with 301 curses used throughout his career.
In 2015, Dr. Paul Booth argued he had found "(possibly) the earliest known use of the word 'fuck' that clearly has a sexual connotation": in English court records of 1310–11, a man local to Chester is referred to as "Roger Fuckebythenavele", probably a nickname.
Considered respectable until about 1750, it was heavily tabooed during c. 1750–1920, considered equivalent to heavily obscene or profane speech. Public use continued to be seen as controversial until the 1960s, but since then, the word has become a comparatively mild expletive or intensifier.
The f-word can be a very hurtful, offensive, mean, and/or vulgar word. However, in adults' conversations and certain situations, it can serve as a comic relief, a colorful method of expressing frustration, surprise, astonishment and friendly-exclamation amongst many other things.
noun Slang. Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a gay person, especially a gay man.
1. 干 – Gàn. 干 is the Chinese equivalent of the f-word and is used by Chinese people in the more literal “making love” sense of the word.
Swearing: why children do it
Young children often swear because they're exploring language. They might be testing a new word, perhaps to understand its meaning. Sometimes swearing happens accidentally when children are learning to say words. Children might also be trying to express a feeling like frustration.
The word with asterisks is a word for urination that rhymes with "miss". As for the meaning of the word when made into a compound word with "take", according to Wiktionary, it means "a parody" or "an unpleasant situation that is comparable to a parody". Copy link CC BY-SA 4.0.
How does swear come to simultaneously mean “to bind oneself by oath,” and “to use profane oaths or language”? The earliest swear words were identical to curse words — taking the Christian God's name in vain, or speaking of acts that were considered sinful.
Jiminy Cricket
Fans of the Disney character may be surprised to learn of this phrase's offensive origins. The same way people say "darn" instead of "damn," a substitute for "Jesus Christ" is "Jiminy Cricket," and is most certainly considered a swear, according to Timothy B.
A typical Brit uses foul language around ten times a day. UK men swear more often (12 times per day) than women (8 times per day). The British are much more likely to swear at home (40.50%) than when out with friends (15.99%).
until quite recently bloody used as a swear word was regarded as unprintable, probably from the mistaken belief that it implied a blasphemous reference to the blood of Christ, or that the word was an alteration of “by Our Lady”; hence a widespread caution in using the term even in phrases, such as bloody battle, merely ...