Strong Language

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Sweary stuff about swearing from a group of linguists, lexicographers, and language lovers. Strong Language blog: https://stronglang.wordpress.com Skeets by @sesquiotic.bsky.social & @stancarey.bsky.social & @fritinancy.bsky.social

Image from the opening credits of the film Crimes of Passion: Director of Photography_____ DICK BUSH Text is white, then red, on black background.
Screenshot from Reddit page r/PetsWithButtons, user Pamlwell: My cat has started to use “vacuum” as a curse word. Basically the title. | gave him a “vacuum” button because the vacuum is stressful for him and I wanted to be able to clearly communicate that the vacuum was going to happen and let him know “vacuum all done.” He definitely knows what it means because when the vacuum is running he will push “vacuum” repeatedly and also add “nervous” in there too. But now he has started spamming vacuum after I tell him no, like he is using it as a curse word. For example, he will ask for “snackie” when we JUST got done with snackie and I will say “snackie all done" and then he will go spam the vacuum button. Yeah, ok bud, I hear you loud and clear that you feel "vacuum" about “snackie all done.” Or he snuck a lick from the end of my spicy curry dish (I did not authorize this, | looked away for ONE second), I could tell he regretted this (spicy), and then he went and pressed “snackie vacuum.” Yeah, ok bud, that snackie made your mouth feel “vacuum”. I don’t know what I'm asking really, just commiserating. I guess maybe he needs a "mad" button?
Single-frame, black and white cartoon showing an angry crowd at the Ryder Cup, which a sign calls "Derider Cup". They're waving U.S. flags and shouting profanities, shown as "F**k you!...", "@★!*", "@★💀! fatso", and "☠".
Heat map of the USA for the word "fuck". It's deep red all along the east and west coasts and the southern border states. Deep blue inland, and mixed (yellow, light blue) along the border with Canada.
But there must be words or expressions he has picked up within the working environment of a football team? He picked out one particular four-letter word, commonly used in English and not for use in a newspaper, and added: “I think it is not the best phrase to use but I think I really adapted to this. “In some moments I caught myself saying these things. “Sometimes German friends look at me and say, ‘Since when do you say this?’. “Sometimes I say it when I am frustrated or annoyed with something. “That is something I have really got used to during my time here.”
Screenshot from LiveScience. Headline: Giant phallus-shaped iceberg floating in Conception Bay surprises residents of Dildo, Canada. By Stephanie Pappas, published May 2, 2023. A phallus-shaped iceberg hovered off the coast of Dildo, Newfoundland in Conception Bay before collapsing. [Photo of the iceberg from overhead. It's big and blue, with chunks at its base, like elongated testicles.] A penis-shaped iceberg floated by the town of Dildo, Canada, which isn't too far from the city of Spread Eagle and the town of Placentia.
Single-frame comic by Joan Cornellà. A smiling man stands beside a huge white switch on a yellow wall, with "FUCK" written just above it. The switch can be turned to "OFF" or "OFF". The man has a blue shirt and neat black hair, his hands are on his hips, and his eyes are black circles that give a vaguely sinister vibe.
A very messy set of shelves with dictionaries from many languages, and, on the top shelf, resting on two dictionaries, a framed cross-stitch that says FUCK IT
cross-stitch that says FUCK IT over a row of flowers
A rough ceramic shotglass stamped with SKEET held up in front of a bookcase full of dictionaries and language books and topped by a framed cross-stitch of the words FUCK IT
A rough-looking ceramic shot glass with the word SKEET stamped on it roughly