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Swear words

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thatbags Sat 18-Mar-17 13:07:23

Are 'shite', 'sucks', and 'boobs' swear words?

gillybob Mon 20-Mar-17 22:23:00

Sitting in a quiet pub with my dad last year he was telling me a story about someone or other and suddenly blurted out "......and I really couldn't give a toss" . The whole pub turned round and looked and I went terribly red. My dad looked at me and said "what?" I don't think he "got" what others were thinking or the meaning of the phrase he had used. blush

BlueBelle Mon 20-Mar-17 22:47:56

What about the slightly lesser nasty word instead of the c word tw.. I can't even say that one either but I can say all the men's bits without a problem I particularly like knob
It's funny that a lot of you see shite as worse than shit but I see it the other way round shite seems much less offensive to my ears just like feck sounds less harsh than the f word
I googled a Uk swear word list and was surprised to see Gordon Bennet is considered a mild swear word they also said C... was more offensive in US than UK

HootyMcOwlface Tue 21-Mar-17 20:07:12

Oh I say Gordon Bennett all the time! I didn't realise it was a real swear word. I do like to say knob-head too! (Usually under my breath)Haha! Very satisfying.

Deedaa Thu 30-Mar-17 20:19:57

I rather like white because in moments of stress you cam stretch it out over several syllables. I once shocked DH's cousin by saying bollocks which had never struck me as being very sweaty.

Deedaa Thu 30-Mar-17 20:20:52

Or make that sweary!