What do you think of the worst swear word of all?

[legendp]

Most the time they are just word, I live in australia and most the time people don't care that much. Personally I try to swear as least as possible but I don't care if people go on swearing fit's, and most people around here don't. Like I said they're just words, people need to learn not to take offence so easily, the only offensive words in my opinion are the racist or sexist ones and even then most people round here just go "whatever" and continue with there day. I would rather if people didn't swear but they are only word after all, and people we say them regardless. they can only hurt you if you take offence.

 

[MeChaNiZ3D]

I wouldn't call any swear word a particularly sharp or potent insult, but c*nt is probably the worst of what they are.

 

[OneCatch]

**** is about as offensive as "nipple". It's a word that relates to a female sexual organ. Thats like dick for men. But I know I'm a dick and I'm proud

Technically yeah, but it does have all kinds of historical baggage.
I can't remember exactly, but I think it used to be used as a really misogynistic slur or something, so it's seen as worse that 'fanny' or whatever.

Same way that 'shit' is worse than 'crap' is worse than 'poop'

Anyway, OT: I'm gonna say C*** is the worst if you aren't counting racial epithets.

 

[David Bjur]

The worst ones are always the ones made up on the spot. Rather than just calling someone a dick, I might refer to a part of a dick then attach a rodent or insect to the end. Simple, poignant, and gets the point across every time.

Like, cockroach? XD

OT: Yeah, I got to agree with OP on this one, though I have seen alot of girls using that word recently...

 

[CrazyCapnMorgan]

Let's see...I like comedians...and happen to know a deceased professor of the English language...


Back on topic: Agreeing with George, "fuck" is the all-time champ of dirty words.

 

[MetalMagpie]

Probably the worst word is the one that begins with N and rhymes with Tigger. And the word "*****" is horrifically rude if you're not talking about a small hole or crack.

I think it depends on the company you're in, really. I say things like "You're a bunting dock-faced shore" all the time.

Or something like that anyway...

 

[Wintermoot]

it,s the person using it for example I find it worse if a little twat calls me a fucker then a sensible adult.
also the company it,s said in for example I have no trouble cursing in company with my friends but i would never curse in front of my parents.

 

[Lejsen]

Swear words don't offend me, at all, i always thought it was strange when people asked me not to swear in chats etc, but there is one word that i find offensive. The N-word, i'm not entirely sure why, i don't even know any black people, it just bothers me.

 

[Rblade]

in America and the common wealth the severity of the F word and the C word is basically revered.

in England the C word is used pretty routinely like the F word is in America. IIRC.

Curses are very local and declaring something the "most offensive in the word" is silly.

Here in the Netherlands diseases are most commonely used as swear words. As in "catch the plague." also used with more modern afflictions. I know we are pretty horrible, no idea how that became the norm.

 

[loc978]

I still have no idea when **** became the "most offensive word in the states". I grew up using it on a regular basis as slang for vagina here. Right up 'til about 2002. Then I shipped off for europe and the middle east, come back home to stay in 2010, and suddenly the word is completely fuckin' taboo (might also be that I live in a corner of the states where casual swearing is just normal, only taboo in the workplace).
Man, I feel old.

 

[brunothepig]

Well I live in Australia. The place where you call your mates "****" and cunts "mate". So that should tell you how I, and the people around me in general, feel about the word. Of course there are the people who are offended by it, especially in the older generations. Me, I have no issue with swear words. I think words alone shouldn't cause offense. They certainly don't offend me. It's context that's important. Take bastard for instance. It's used as an insult all the time, but my mate is by definition a bastard.

 

[Colour Scientist]

Sexist slurs probably bother me the most. Like calling someone a slut or a whore, not because it implies that they're promiscuous but that there is something disgusting about it.


**** is probably my second most frequently uttered swear, next to fuck.

We're all a pack of cunts when you think about it.

 

[DionysusSnoopy]

I live in Australia. C*nt (I'll be a good boy and censor myself... -.-) is a very lenient, almost slang-like word here.

It's the same in the UK, which leads to some of my favourites such as cuntybollocks.

Except on UK TV oddly where they will censor that but not fuck or shit.

There was a line i heard from John Bishop when he was talking about his first televised set at Live at the Apollo and backstage an assistant was telling him he was on next and said that he was going on before 10 o'clock and therefore could not use a lot of swear words. He asked what that meant and the assistant said he could have "Ten shits, six fucks and a ****".

 

[Zantos]

Now that I use fuck as a noun, verb, adjective and form of punctuation, and **** as an expression of mild annoyance, I can only really make meaningful swears by combining their powers into an awesome megaswear e.g cunting shitfuck squirrel-fucker.

 

[Woodsey]

A **** is a **** is a ****. People who get up in arms about it are just... well, I can't think of a word, but they're just those sorts of people, if you know what I mean.

The type who watch TV shows that they know they'll hate, just so that they can complain to Ofcom.

It is a pretty harsh sounding word, though.

 

[PatrickXD]

From my experience in the UK, nobody seems to care about the word '****'. It seems about level, to me, as 'fuck'.

 

[halfeclipse]

**** is about as offensive as "nipple". It's a word that relates to a female sexual organ. Thats like dick for men. But I know I'm a dick and I'm proud

Technically yeah, but it does have all kinds of historical baggage.
I can't remember exactly, but I think it used to be used as a really misogynistic slur or something, so it's seen as worse that 'fanny' or whatever.

Same way that 'shit' is worse than 'crap' is worse than 'poop'

Anyway, OT: I'm gonna say C*** is the worst if you aren't counting racial epithets.

Depends on context, but yea basically that. Applied in general it's simple vulgar, however applied to a women, you're saying that particular orifice is the only meaningful reason for her existence. Not difficult to see why around half the species might take offence. >_>

Dick on the other hand, comes from the diminutive for Richard, which originally picked up the meaning of an every-man, and then onto other, more colourful uses. Just slightly different.

 

[Neonit]

i think some people get worked up about certain word for no reason.
why did we decide that some words are bad and some are good?
and who did it? the word police?

swear words are great - because they represent pure emotion. they are the most human of words.

thing is, old swear words, or curses if you will, were often (at least in my country) simply names of diseases, you were wishing someone a disease. that was bad. but nowadays... things that refer to body parts, body output, or body activity.... i see nothing wrong with them.

so no, i have no problem at all with the word you are refering to.

(im so proud of myself that this whole post contains no swear words at all...)