I.e, F*** and Sh**. What is there technical definition?
2007-01-23 23:03:43 · 4 answers · asked by Aye Matey! 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
The same people who invented the language right after they stepped on a nail sticking out of a board.
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2007-01-23 23:06:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
F*** - a word of 16th century German origin, related to MIddle Dutch - 'fokken' meaning 'to strike'
S*** - Old English (unattrib) 'scite' - dung, 'scitan' - to defecate, Old Norse 'Skita' - to defecate.
C**k - referring to male fowl
C**t - 13th century of Germanic origin, related to Old Norse, kunta, Middle Low German, kunte
Three of these four sexual/bodily function swear words come from older languages. Those languages became regarded as crude and words associated withe them ditto
Other swear words are religious in nature - or 'blasphemous' In Christianity because of the commandment not to take The Lord's name in vain.
2007-01-23 23:49:24 · answer #2 · answered by rdenig_male 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
swear words differ from culture to culture and from language to language.
Example, in English speaking North America swear words relate to bodily functions/acts while in French swear words relate to religious items.
In general people consider *swear words* to be words that are offensive in some way to the culture they belong to.
2007-01-23 23:15:31 · answer #3 · answered by Sabrina S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
duck off sh!t
2007-01-23 23:07:46 · answer #4 · answered by bumblebeenyhappy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋