Working with Americans and with Germans, you realise just how rich and alive the English language is in the hands of its originating nation. My American colleagues were bowled over by “arse-baskets!” and had their own, somewhat watered-down, idea of what a “wanker” was. We sent a Brit over to work in Germany, and his colleagues have been wondering ever since what his Aunt has to do with proceedings, no matter how Giddy she may be.
I can see it now. “Is it true that all British towns are painted red? And the citizens have to give up their evenings to maintain them?”
I was so moved by patriotism at the thought of all this I thought I would sign up immediately to the Society for Creative Swearing. Unfortunately Google failed to show up any such society.
Chunty Bunts.
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Does that mean you are starting it? I’ll join.
Jesus H. Mary Mother of Pearl! is my contribution
Heheh. I considered it. Thankfully I am now old enough to know that I don’t have time *before* buying the domain and hosting :-)
Fucking Bollocks!
Hmm, not 100% sure you’re on the same page as the rest of us, hutters!
I like Kouros’s’s’s “Fang buckets”
I read about a polite society (though googling ‘The Polite Society’ doesn’t seem to get the same people) who invented swearwords which sounded naughty but were innocuous. Things like “breadmug”.
Hahah, we were having the same discussion at work today - forming swear words by taking pairs of non-swear words. I figured words starting with F and B would be the rudest-sounding, and came up with Fudge Basket and, my favourite, Flan Batter…
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