MetaFilter posts tagged with cursing

Coco Wang: China 5:12 Earthquake

By The Grace of God — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:35:14 -0800

Ten simple, shattering comics about the earthquake in China. Via MoFi.

Life Is Sketch Comedy and God and the Bible

boost ventilator — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:29:23 -0800

Mr. Show skits that became reality . (Warning: mature language)

1898 baseball cursing policy, amply illustrated

LobsterMitten — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 16:17:13 -0800

"In terms of language, it is also the most offensive official Major League baseball document that we have ever seen." An auction house obtains a one page letter sent to baseball players in 1898, outlining the league's new anti-cursing policy. Includes lots of examples of the kind of language that is not allowed. Nervous auctioneers not sure how to exhibit it. Purely of historical interest, naturally. It says at the bottom of the document "may not be mailed - must be delivered by express". I wonder if it couldn't be mailed because of its obscene content?

What The Fuck?

BeerFilter — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:43:48 -0800

Why We Curse. An article by Steven Pinker, exploring the roots of modern "dirty words" and the psychohistory of how and why we use the expletives we use. All on one page: What The F***?

Flliiiieeeeeees!

miss lynnster — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:37:37 -0800

John Mulford "Jack" Rebney, The World's Angriest RV Salesman. Circa 1989. According to his Wikipedia page: Rebney as of August 2007 -- The Shasta County Sheriff's Office web site has reported that Mr. Rebney, who is now vision impaired, took his dog for a walk at 2:00 PM on August 2nd, 2007 and never returned home. After his neighbors reported him missing at 10:00 PM, sheriff's deputies found him in a creek drainage off of Rock Creek Rd. in Manton, CA at 12:45 AM on August 3rd, approximately 1/2 to 1 mile from his home. He suffered minor scratches and bruises, but is in good health and did not require medical treatment.

I'm f*cking Tintin, I am.

slimepuppy — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:55:21 -0800

Yeah, you better walk away before you get a couple of fucking slaps! You know who I am? I'm fucking Tintin, mate, alright?

Surprisingly, "fargin' bastage" doesn't count.

zardoz — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 02:24:03 -0800

The Profane Game. Got a pottymouth? Test your curse word vocabulary with this simple game. You have one minute to enter as many naughty words as you can. (via)

Son of Beetch! Shit!

fandango_matt — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 12:32:24 -0800

Goodness gracious and heavens to Betsy, it's The Swearing Festival!

May you grow like an onion- with your head in the ground!

blahblahblah — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 00:01:15 -0800

"May you be like a lamp: hang by day, burn by night and be snuffed out in the morning." Welcome to the long tradition of Yiddish curses. According to one scholar of insults: Curses in other languages differ from Yiddish in both content and style...Anglo-Saxon cultures prefer insults dealing with excrement and body parts, Catholic countries are partial to blasphemy, and cultures of the Middle and Far East go for ancestor insults, while Yiddish curses have a baroque splendor. A bunch more examples are here (keep scrolling).

The bowler's Holding, the batsman's Willey

nthdegx — Mon, 04 Jul 2005 11:41:15 -0800

The Origins and Common Usage of British Swear-words.