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  2. Category:English profanity - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "English profanity" The following 63 pages are in this category, out of 63 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  3. List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia

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    The words listed below are frequently used in ways that major English dictionaries do not condone in any definition. See List of English words with disputed usage for words that are used in ways that are deprecated by some usage writers but are condoned by some dictionaries.

  4. Category:Profanity by language - Wikipedia

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    English profanity (63 P) F. Finnish profanity (8 P) French profanity (4 P) G. ... Profanity in American Sign Language; B. Bhojpuri profanity; D. Dutch profanity; E ...

  5. Seven dirty words - Wikipedia

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    Broadcast standards differ in different parts of the world, then and now, although most of the words on Carlin's original list remain taboo on American broadcast television. The list was not an official enumeration of forbidden words, but rather were compiled by Carlin to flow better in a comedy routine. Nonetheless, a radio broadcast featuring ...

  6. Lists of pejorative terms for people - Wikipedia

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    List of ethnic slurs. List of ethnic slurs and epithets by ethnicity; List of common nouns derived from ethnic group names; List of religious slurs; A list of LGBT slang, including LGBT-related slurs; List of age-related terms with negative connotations; List of disability-related terms with negative connotations; Category:Sex- and gender ...

  7. Profanity - Wikipedia

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    Profanity is often depicted in images by grawlixes, which substitute symbols for words.. Profanity, also known as swearing, cursing, or cussing, involves the use of notionally offensive words for a variety of purposes, including to demonstrate disrespect or negativity, to relieve pain, to express a strong emotion, as a grammatical intensifier or emphasis, or to express informality or ...

  8. List of common false etymologies of English words - Wikipedia

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    Fuck: see under "Profanity" Golf: did not originate as an acronym of "gentlemen only, ladies forbidden". [31] The word's true origin is unknown, but it existed in the Middle Scots period. [32] [33] News: The word news has been claimed to be an acronym of the four cardinal directions (north, east, west, and south). However, old spellings of the ...

  9. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    For the first portion of the list, see List of words having different meanings in American and British English (A–L). Asterisked (*) meanings, though found chiefly in the specified region, also have some currency in the other dialect; other definitions may be recognised by the other as Briticisms or Americanisms respectively.