2007-01-28 18:56:43 · 11 answers · asked by ? 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
a foul mouthed person???
2007-01-28 18:59:31 · answer #1 · answered by Marty B 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bad words are in the ear of the beholder.
Penn Jillette can use profanity, even name his show (BULLSHI t) a word that can get kids sent into detention. But he does it for legal reasons. He can be sued if he calls liars and scams what they are.
Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn can give a lecture and right wingers get so angry that they almost have a coronary. Not one single "bad word" has been used but a strong reaction has been provoked.
"Humbug" was considered a bad word 150 years ago. Each separate word has its own origin. The subjects of these words-sex acts, bodily fluids, racial epitaphs etc are generally considered to be inappropriate for polite conversation.
Consider the following lyric-
"Whip out your deedle
and beedle to you weedle
and then start to peedle on the floor.
Let me rub your nuzzin'
Cuz your my favorite cuzzin
Let's do it til we can't do it no more."-
No actual bad words but the context of the nonsensical gibberish is awful to think about.
And deedle, beedle, weedle, peedle, and nuzzin- all made up gibberish! It might be obscene 120 years from now, who knows?
It's all in the eye of the beholder.
2007-01-29 03:12:36 · answer #2 · answered by sharkeysports 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A word is just a word. It is only bad if it is perceived to be so. For example: one of the worst perceived "bad words" is just slang from England recovering from the Black Plague. Since the population had been so depleted, King Edward III had signs posted in all of the town squares "Fornication Under Command of the King".
2007-01-29 03:04:23 · answer #3 · answered by ahh_a_talking_muffin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of the bad words weren't invented to be bad. They were just refering to a certain meaning, then over time people start to alter the meaning to refer to someting vulgar. One instance is the word f---. Check it out on dictionary.com (the origin of it).
2007-01-29 03:03:30 · answer #4 · answered by Psychotic Clown 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Normal words turn into bad words and bad words turn into normal words again. It is a cycle. Many of the words we use when talking used to bad or derogatory a hundred or more years ago.
2007-01-29 04:18:38 · answer #5 · answered by a bush family member 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bad words are made up, not invented. It's us who make up those words when we are angry.
2007-01-29 03:04:26 · answer #6 · answered by jaggie_c 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What you call bad words could be normal to others.
2007-01-29 03:05:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one they come from regular words. Sh-t=feces D-mn= to condemn F-ck= to have sexual intercourse or used to disrespect. People that are offended are just weak minded idiots. I still don’t get why people get so pissed off when you say god d-amn I mean it was first used by the religious haha. It's just saying god please destroy or condemn that
2007-01-29 03:05:51 · answer #8 · answered by Beaverscanttalk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
White anglo-saxon christians that believe that a word can send you to hell...
2007-01-29 03:19:33 · answer #9 · answered by sandra t 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
havent a clue..however i have made up quite a few of my own. :D
2007-01-29 02:59:19 · answer #10 · answered by dreamzindigital_20 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋