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Jul 30, 2011 09:02

Last semester, I took a socioling course at my Uni (low level, easy credits and GPA booster, as well as being my field of interest) and ended up doing a presentation on swearing. As a point of interest, and just for flavour, I'd done an informal online survey of as many people as I could find. One of the questions was "What's the worst swear word ( Read more... )

sociolinguistics, taboos, vocabulary, personal

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echoandsway July 30 2011, 17:17:43 UTC
I like compounds, myself.

To me, "pigfucker" packs the most wallop in the least space. It's so vile, and yet elegantly compact.

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illustratedjai July 30 2011, 22:04:53 UTC
Compounds are pretty awesome~

And I now have the urge to replace every instance of Motherfucker in my vocabulary with pigfucker. 8DDD

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echoandsway July 30 2011, 22:50:23 UTC
It will save you a syllable, while introducing an even more sordid element of moral turpitude. Go for it :P

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illustratedjai July 30 2011, 22:51:39 UTC
Hahaha, rock on. Saving syllables is a good thing~ (I wonder, if I save up enough syllables, do I get a free word...?)

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echoandsway July 30 2011, 23:11:43 UTC
Redeem your syllables for valuable prizes...?

Why not.

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