bitflipper
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Swear words
Did it ever occur to you that every "bad" word in use today in the English language has been around since Shakespeare's day?
Why aren't there ever any new ones?
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bitflipper
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Re: Swear words
2017/04/05 15:26:51
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And no, variations invented by TV writers to circumvent censors don't count, e.g. "smeg".
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Re: Swear words
2017/04/05 15:46:41
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Re: Swear words
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Re: Swear words
2017/04/05 16:31:15
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******************'*.
That one's pretty new.
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Re: Swear words
2017/04/05 16:35:40
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Not sure if this counts as swearing per se, but we used to evolve new words and expressions all the time. For instance, back in the early 90's there was a singer in the UK called Chesney Hawkes, who was basically nature's last word in flop-haired pantywaists. We started using his name as a general all-purpose curse word and insult. Couldn't get the lid off of a jar of pickles? "You total Chesney!" Lost something? "Where in the Flying Chesneys are my car keys?"
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Re: Swear words
2017/04/05 16:48:18
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Re: Swear words
2017/04/05 16:58:35
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I never really understood the saying 'go swivel on it', until I read that the word for 'sex' in Middle-English was 'swive'.
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Re: Swear words
2017/04/05 17:14:29
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 In order, then, to discover the limit of deepest tones, it is necessary not only to produce very violent agitations in the air but to give these the form of simple pendular vibrations. - Hermann von Helmholtz, predicting the role of the electric bassist in 1877.
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Re: Swear words
2017/04/05 17:15:33
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☄ Helpfulby Mesh 2017/04/05 17:31:08
FSF? 
In order, then, to discover the limit of deepest tones, it is necessary not only to produce very violent agitations in the air but to give these the form of simple pendular vibrations. - Hermann von Helmholtz, predicting the role of the electric bassist in 1877.
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Re: Swear words
2017/04/05 18:41:50
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☄ Helpfulby SteveStrummerUK 2017/04/07 07:18:36
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Re: Swear words
2017/04/05 18:54:05
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Re: Swear words
2017/04/05 19:39:50
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Slightly off topic but pertinent. Notice how TV, the cable channels in particular, are gradually loosening up on what words are acceptable? We know routinely hear "****" (one of George Carlin's magic seven that would guarantee you'd be off the air if used not all that long ago) more often in episodes of dramatic fair than not. I'm pretty sure I heard the F word un-obscured in a recent episode of Expanse (best SyFi channel show *ever*, by the way). In some cases, the F word is present in the script but the word gets beeped. However, the beeping is getting shorter and quieter with each passing season.
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Re: Swear words
2017/04/05 21:18:13
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dmbaer
Slightly off topic but pertinent. Notice how TV, the cable channels in particular, are gradually loosening up on what words are acceptable? We know routinely hear "****" (one of George Carlin's magic seven that would guarantee you'd be off the air if used not all that long ago) more often in episodes of dramatic fair than not. I'm pretty sure I heard the F word un-obscured in a recent episode of Expanse (best SyFi channel show *ever*, by the way). In some cases, the F word is present in the script but the word gets beeped. However, the beeping is getting shorter and quieter with each passing season.
I not only think this is ON topic, but part of the reason why newer swear words aren't being created. Back in the day when you couldn't say the "real" swear words, new ones that weren't censored were made up (like "flippin'" or "mo fo"). Now that more and more are being used freely (like on most cable channels and, unfortunately, so-called "Top 40" pop music), it's unnecessary to use anything but the known swear words.
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Re: Swear words
2017/04/05 21:38:40
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Re: Swear words
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Re: Swear words
2017/04/06 02:14:27
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I can think of a couple of current politicians' names that will likely end up being used in some (many?) circles as cuss words pretty soon (if they aren't being used in such a fashion already).
And at least one word has "cleaned-up" since its original meaning/use: "jazz."
“Beer is proof God loves us and wants us to be happy” is attributed to Benjamin Franklin perhaps in error, but the thought remains a worthy sentiment nonetheless. 
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Re: Swear words
2017/04/06 15:42:21
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BTW, I suspect the "beer is proof..." quote may have originated with Martin Luther, or possibly even Buddha, both of whom a well-educated man like Ben Franklin would likely have been familiar with.
Add "joint" to the list of words that are less salacious today than their original meanings would suggest.
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Re: Swear words
2017/04/06 16:56:12
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New usage would be that they have been rebranded into everyday Texting abbreviations.
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Re: Swear words
2017/04/06 23:20:20
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bitflipper
BTW, I suspect the "beer is proof..." quote may have originated with Martin Luther, or possibly even Buddha, both of whom a well-educated man like Ben Franklin would likely have been familiar with.
Add "joint" to the list of words that are less salacious today than their original meanings would suggest.
Many think that it's a corruption of a quote from Franklin in Poor Richard's Almanac regarding wine, but you may be correct; Luther (and Calvin for that matter) certainly echoed the sentiment, as did many of the Puritans.
“Beer is proof God loves us and wants us to be happy” is attributed to Benjamin Franklin perhaps in error, but the thought remains a worthy sentiment nonetheless.
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Re: Swear words
2017/04/07 07:27:30
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☄ Helpfulby outland144k 2017/04/07 19:56:42
It's a good thing Budweiser wasn't around back then or they would have had a much different opinion! 
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