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Vulgar Song and Slang from the 19th Century and earlier

Kattullus — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 06:55:22 -0800

Francis Grose's Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue from 1811. Canting Dictionary (thieving slang) from 1736. Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes (1536–1896). Before you end up scragged, ottomised, and grinning in a glass case, you should learn to sing Frisky Moll's Song... and know what the heck it means:
A famble, a tattle, and two popps,
Had my Boman when he was ta’en;
But had he not bouz’d in the diddle shops,
He’d still been in Drury-Lane.

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)

The BBC profanity index

Kirth Gerson — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 11:14:33 -0800

The BBC uses a survey , apparently, to rank words by their perceived offensiveness.

Rude words

SealWyf — Wed, 16 Jul 2003 13:04:53 -0800

Improve your profanity with the aid of the guides and dictionaries in this Guardian compendium. As item 10 notes, the term zuffle is too crude to be described up front (and possibly NSFW, if your boss is looking over your shoulder), but it's a fascinating concept nonetheless.

RylandDotNet — Wed, 20 Jun 2001 22:26:14 -0800

Comedy Central airs an episode of South Park where the characters say "shit" 168 times, unbleeped. Trey Parker and Matt Stone prove once again that they aren't afraid to take American television where everybody else has already been.