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  2. Italian profanity - Wikipedia

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    The Italian language is a language with a large set of inflammatory terms and phrases, almost all of which originate from the several dialects and languages of Italy, such as the Tuscan dialect, which had a very strong influence in modern standard Italian, and is widely known to be based on Florentine language. [1] Several of these words have ...

  3. Cursing is a sign of high intelligence, study shows - AOL

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    Intelligent people use more curse words, according to a scientific study from Marist College.. The research suggests that a healthy vocabulary of curse words is a sign of a rhetorical skill.

  4. 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 ...

  5. Category:Profanity by language - Wikipedia

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  6. Expletive infixation - Wikipedia

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    Expletive infixation is a process by which an expletive or profanity is inserted into a word, usually for intensification. It is similar to tmesis, but not all instances are covered by the usual definition of tmesis because the words are not necessarily compounds. [1]

  7. Minced oaths in media - Wikipedia

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    W. Somerset Maugham referred to this problem in his 1919 novel The Moon and Sixpence, where he acknowledged: . Strickland, according to Captain Nichols, did not use exactly the words I have given, but since this book is meant for family reading, I thought it better—at the expense of truth—to put into his mouth language familiar to the domestic circle.

  8. Pope used vulgar Italian word to refer to LGBT people ...

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    Nevertheless, he delivered a similar message on gay seminarians - minus the reported swear word - when he met Italian bishops in 2018, telling them to carefully vet priesthood applicants and ...

  9. Scunthorpe problem - Wikipedia

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    An example of the Scunthorpe problem in Wikipedia because of a regular expression identifying "cunt" in the username. The Scunthorpe problem is the unintentional blocking of online content by a spam filter or search engine because their text contains a string (or substring) of letters that appear to have an obscene or otherwise unacceptable meaning.