What in your opinion is the most offensive word in the english language?

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God's Clown

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Based on history, I would have to assume the most offensive word to a majority of people is "Moderation," as in, not being so extreme. Everyone seems to be one extreme or the other, never willing to compromise.

"Moderation is the process of eliminating or lessening extremes."
 

The White Hunter

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Berithil said:
I find the word "offensive" offensive. I mean, its so offensive, that the word itself is offensive!

On a more serious note, probably the c-word. That's probably the one word I couldn't say. I really don't swear, so you probably won't ever hear (see?) me use the f-word or s-word, but I could probably say in an acting scenario or something. Not so with c-word. I thing I would feel dirty after saying it.
I too find offensive offensive.

Words are just words really and honestly I see no problem with **** or fuck. I don't even care about ****** or anything like that so long as it's not directed at someone hatefully.

Words are words and when said with no malice should remain just that.

Also, semi-relevant:
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Also, funny and true to be honest.
 

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StBishop said:
ravenshrike said:
The most offensive word in the english language is...


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Discuss.
I find that amusing.

On topic. Racial slurs.
I don't find "swear words" or "curse words" rude at all. I honestly don't even think that calling someone a **** is insulting at all. If someone called my child a **** I wouldn't be nearly as offended as if they called them useless, stupid, or some similar degradation of their worth.

If anything I think **** specifically is the least rude of the supposed "swear" words.

Maybe that's cultural?
Being from the northwest of England a lot of people say **** here, yet still it's considered offesnive and I really don't know why.

****'s are fun for a start.
 

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Can't think of a single word so impactful that its very existence offends me. However, a few words do annoy me. Such as "chill" or "chillax". Somehow this combination of letters just makes me want to burn things. Or claw out my eyes.
 

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I am an open minded female who is rarely offended. However I do not enjoy being referred to as a "*****" or "****". If someone has a problem with the way I am acting, they have every right to confront me about it, not use such a term to describe me either to my face or behind my back.
 

Colour Scientist

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SaetonChapelle said:
I am an open minded female who is rarely offended. However I do not enjoy being referred to as a "*****" or "****". If someone has a problem with the way I am acting, they have every right to confront me about it, not use such a term to describe me either to my face or behind my back.
I use the word **** all of the time so I can't really criticize but I hate it when the word is used in place of vagina.
 
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I'm amazed how many people said "****". I love that word. It's a WONDERFUL word!

For me? I can't really think of any word that offends me. To be honest, I can't think of too many things that offend my period.

There is one word that irritates me. "Pseudo-Intellectual".

I know it isn't really one word, but it still annoys me.

It's used so often when people want to make an intelligent discussion lower than them and just give their high horse some stilts.

I just thought of another one that has been annoying me recently.

Coward, Cowardice and the like.

It's used SO often by the news whenever something bad happens. The terrorists are cowards. The shooting was cowardly. The people who hate gays are cowards.

NO. NONE of those people are cowards. Yeah, they are all extremely bad, no question about it, but they aren't cowards.

Killing yourself in the name of something is pretty much the bravest act humans are capable of. Going on a shooting spree isn't exactly brave, but it still takes some balls. Insulting people is something everyone in the world has done. It isn't a cowardly act.

I get that the news and others don't want to compliment these terrible people, but if that's the case, just don't bring up the topic of braveness.
 

cerebus23

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"professional politician" a profession that should not exist, being a pro politician means you have no soul, no beliefs, that you lie cheat and steal on a regular basis, that you have never run anything real, like a business, worked with real people much at all, so how the hell are you qualified to run a state, the nation if you have never actually done anything but be a "politician", and claim that you can feel people's pain when you have no heart to begin with.
 

Terramax

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I don't have a problem with the word '****'. I hear people in my local area shout that word in the street all the time. My mum has been known to call me one a few times also...

'Patriotic' is the word that angers me most. When people consider it to be a positive thing. "Oh, X person is SO patriotic...". As far as I'm concerned, patriotism leads to narrow mindedness.
 

Denamic

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Words aren't offensive.
People are.
If I say "Shut the fuck up, thundercunt," you'll likely just laugh because thundercunt.
However, if I liken your existence to that of refuse, lesser than vermin that scour my trash without using any 'offensive words', it'll likely be much more offensive, I think.
 
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*reads thread*
****? Reallly?
Where i'm from (north-east Scotland), "****" is basically the bread and butter of the insult world.
Huh. Well that's strange.
 

Syntax Man

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Well there are squeamish morons that find words like "fuck" or "****" to be offensive, but the only things I find offensive are when someone wants to put their religious bullshit in my life or government which while not a word per-se seeing the word "god" in official documents tends to piss me right off.
 

omega 616

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Mine is a phrase, "political correctness", I guess you could also include "health and safety". One is "lets treat everybody with kid gloves and tell them what they should be offended by", the other is just outright stupidity!

I read somewhere that in health and safety guidelines, that to separate frozen burgers you have to wear a chain mail gauntlet .... Where the fuck do you buy a chain mail gauntlet? Medieval fare? It's an insult to human intelligence.

As for other words mentioned, get over it. They are words, noises we have given meaning to, how can you be offended by ****? It is meaningless for a start, it was first used in a poem to describe something a nun wears ... "cunts and cowls" was the line, thing is there is no such piece of clothing a nun wears.

As for things like racial slurs, like "******" it's an old term for slaves THAT THEY STILL USE! If they are perfectly fine to call each other it, then why get your panties in a twist over another race calling you it? Grow a set!