MetaFilter posts tagged with swear

You can't say that!

Inspector.Gadget — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:27:00 -0800

The U.S. Constitution protects your right to bear arms. And it supposedly protects your right to mock nearly-bare bears. Speech is definitely subject to supply and demand. So why does the FCC feel the need to regulate swearing on the airwaves? Steven Pinker complains. [via ALDaily]

NO CUSSING.

Sticherbeast — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:22:50 -0800

Join the No Cussing Club™. Look at some people who don't cuss. Become one of them. Then buy a CD, a T-shirt, and a mood ring type color changer thing about hugs. But not before you learn the story behind it all.

The Worst Swearword in the World

rongorongo — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:02:35 -0800

Jon Ronson decides "I'm going to tell my son the worst swearword in the world". His follow up article is also interesting. Incidentally, his "Bad Science" colleague from The Guardian did uncover a list of the worst swearwords from the BBC no less (and previously)

youswear.com

hama7 — Thu, 31 May 2007 15:32:02 -0800

How to Swear in any language.

Are dictionaries the realm of the elite and the educated?

gregb1007 — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 17:06:18 -0800

Are dictionaries the realm of the elite and the educated? For a change of pace, there is an extensive dictionary of Russian swears with hundreds of words translated into French and German .. Oh and it's also two way - French swears and German swears are both translated into Russian. [More Inside]

Why — Mon, 01 Apr 2002 15:30:39 -0800

A 'cussing canoeist' was almost robbed of his right to swear in public. Timothy Boomer yelled the f word close to 75 times in front of a 5 and 2 yo after falling out of his canoe on the Rifle River in Michigan. I damn near fell of my chair laughing!