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Old 29-12-2016, 10:27
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There was a woman in my office who used to go mental whenever anybody said bitch.
I used to work with a guy who was very religious and would freak out whenever someone used the lord's name in vain. There was no way you would ever hear him swear. Over time I think we must have ground him down to the point where one day he just snapped and had a massive outburst where he would be f'ing and blinding like the worst of us. It was akin to the scenes you see in films where the record abruptly stops playing, everyone goes quiet and the waitress drops all the glasses on the floor.
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Old 29-12-2016, 11:14
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I was once sent home from school, with the phone call to the parents etc because I called another kid a "stupid git" in ear shot of my maths teacher.

I didn't then, and still don't consider such a phrase anywhere close to swearing.
Harry Enfield made money from the word 'git'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MF6bLIWJiY
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Old 29-12-2016, 11:17
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Liar and Shut Up were not allowed in our house.

I was once told off by a shopkeeper for saying Damn.
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Old 29-12-2016, 11:24
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Coming from a long line of potty mouths, my parents never told me off for swearing at home. However, I was told in no uncertain terms never to swear at school, at grandma's, or in front of Auntie Eileen.

I somehow got the impression that only the F and C words counted as swearing though, and got told off for saying "bollocks" at school and "bastard" in front of Auntie Eileen.
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Old 29-12-2016, 11:44
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In Catholic Primary School old Mrs Fugle often told us all that to say 'blimey' (which I did quite often) was personally asking for God to strike blind forever whoever said it.

The innocent joys of Yahweh.
Ha - I had the exact same thing happen to me. The sadistic nuns who ran the place also said that "crikey" meant "Christ kill me" (blimey & crikey were quite popular at my primary school).

When I was nine I found out I had to wear glasses; I was wracked with Catholic guilt because I'd said 'blimey' so much.
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Old 29-12-2016, 11:54
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When I was a young boy my mother was clearing the table and she asked why I’d not eaten all her freshly prepared ‘chips’;…to which I replied (without thinking)… “coz they’re soggy as fὓck! ”

My (very strait-laced) mothers response was simply “there’s no need for that ”;

….to this day I’ve no idea if she was more upset about my language,.. or my criticism of her culinary skills.
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Old 29-12-2016, 12:02
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I had a friend who always used to say the tw followed by a word, even when we were only about 9 or 10, he was a total gobshite from a young age to be honest

Anyway, for some reason (probably because I was only 10), I thought it was just a variation of 'twit', so used to go around saying it a lot, until my mum heard me and went ballistic at it
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Old 29-12-2016, 12:06
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Anyway, for some reason (probably because I was only 10), I thought it was just a variation of 'twit', so used to go around saying it a lot, until my mum heard me and went ballistic at it
I'm to admit this, but I didn't know how rude it was until I was in my 40s. I'd been using the word in all sorts of inappropriate circumstances by then.
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Old 29-12-2016, 12:07
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I got mildly told off by my parents for saying "crap" as a little girl and once when I saw a film on TV about the Beatles and someone said "arse" I said it was a good film and my Dad told me off for liking swearing and turned it over! Now my whole family swears no holds barred, the "F" word, the lot.
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Old 29-12-2016, 12:10
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I said "bloody" once in front of my sister and when she threatened to tell my mum I begged her not to and actually cried when I thought she would!

I also distinctly remember calling my dad a "chauvinistic pig" after I'd heard someone say it in Neighbours. I had absolutely no idea what it meant, but that didn't stop me getting a slap.
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Old 29-12-2016, 12:15
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I'm to admit this, but I didn't know how rude it was until I was in my 40s. I'd been using the word in all sorts of inappropriate circumstances by then.
Haha! It must be a weird one. I'd love to have been a fly on the wall all the times you used it at inappropriate times now
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Old 29-12-2016, 12:27
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A teacher once overheard a conversation I was having with my friends at school where I said "That sucks" - I got called up on that. This was when I was 15.
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Old 29-12-2016, 12:32
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When I was a young boy my mother was clearing the table and she asked why I’d not eaten all her freshly prepared ‘chips’;…to which I replied (without thinking)… “coz they’re soggy as fὓck! ”

My (very strait-laced) mothers response was simply “there’s no need for that ”;

….to this day I’ve no idea if she was more upset about my language,.. or my criticism of her culinary skills.
I would have got the belt if I talked like that to my parents.
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Old 29-12-2016, 12:46
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I said "bloody" once in front of my sister and when she threatened to tell my mum I begged her not to and actually cried when I thought she would!

I also distinctly remember calling my dad a "chauvinistic pig" after I'd heard someone say it in Neighbours. I had absolutely no idea what it meant, but that didn't stop me getting a slap.
During an argument with a classmate (probably 6 years old) I called him a ‘big fat pig !’ and he immediately threatened to expose my extreme profanity to our class teacher,… the formidable and terrifying Miss Sides !

He didn’t tell Miss Sides but ‘blackmailed’ me instead;…he demanded biscuits, sweeties and even some of my dinner-money,…what a rotter!

It went on for weeks until the penny-dropped and I threatened to bubble him to Miss Sides for ‘blackmailing’ me!;…in fact, I then started blackmailing him and got everything back,… with ‘interest’!

….I think we eventually reached an impasse after a few months and called a truce.
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Old 29-12-2016, 13:04
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I would have got the belt if I talked like that to my parents.
That reminds me of the old Peter Cook & Dudley Moore sketch… ‘Father and Son’:

“I've got a good mind to take my belt off to you! ”

“I wouldn't do that father,… your trousers will fall down.”
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Old 29-12-2016, 13:27
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My mother used to class the following as swear words
Bloody
Stink
Fart
Knackered
She could, of course, say them but we couldnt
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Old 29-12-2016, 13:28
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I would have got the belt if I talked like that to my parents.
Nice........
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Old 29-12-2016, 13:30
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When I was a young boy my mother was clearing the table and she asked why I’d not eaten all her freshly prepared ‘chips’;…to which I replied (without thinking)… “coz they’re soggy as fὓck! ”

My (very strait-laced) mothers response was simply “there’s no need for that ”;

….to this day I’ve no idea if she was more upset about my language,.. or my criticism of her culinary skills.
Love it..
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Old 29-12-2016, 13:57
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"Bollocks", "w*nker/tosser", "tart", "moron", "shut up"
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Old 29-12-2016, 14:04
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Bloody, my mother said it was a contraction of 'By Our Lady'.

I once got a right shouting at for saying 'the same to you with brass knobs on' to my sister after she'd said something nasty to me. She wan't told off at all - I still don't understand why it was so bad what I said
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Old 29-12-2016, 14:30
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Ha - I had the exact same thing happen to me. The sadistic nuns who ran the place also said that "crikey" meant "Christ kill me" (blimey & crikey were quite popular at my primary school).

When I was nine I found out I had to wear glasses; I was wracked with Catholic guilt because I'd said 'blimey' so much.
I forgot about 'crikey' meaning 'Christ kill me!'.

But yes that was another beautiful thing to teach to classes of very young and impressionable children.
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Old 29-12-2016, 14:46
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Ha - I had the exact same thing happen to me. The sadistic nuns who ran the place also said that "crikey" meant "Christ kill me" (blimey & crikey were quite popular at my primary school).

When I was nine I found out I had to wear glasses; I was wracked with Catholic guilt because I'd said 'blimey' so much.
I always thought words like crikey, crumbs, cripes et al were just non blasphemous way to say ‘Christ!’,... but obviously not.

I guess the Nuns know best,…them being professionals and all that.
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Old 29-12-2016, 15:15
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I came in crying to my sister about an older girl soaking me with water when I was about 6, to my mum's disdain her response was "kick her in the ****"
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Old 29-12-2016, 16:29
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Was anyone allowed to say "fart"?
No it was pump, pumping or pumped.
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Old 29-12-2016, 16:46
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Not me, but a classmate got told off for saying "freaking" It's a shame, because the girls would usually use the more offensive word. I would have praised her for using "freaking" instead.
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