I had to tweak my user name because it was showing up as "Lonely *******". That wasn't the case before.
Dictionary.com defines 'b a s t a r d' as follows:
1. a person born of unmarried parents; an illegitimate child.
2007-03-29 07:00:55 · 23 answers · asked by Lonely Bàstard 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
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2007-03-29 07:06:48 · answer #1 · answered by Big Daddy Cool 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More than likely it became a bad word when people realized it was considered one in the Bible. You will find a lot of truly religious people link it along with the F-word and others.
I know makes no sense but a lot of stuff about this world doesn't make sense.
2007-03-29 14:08:38 · answer #2 · answered by WillLynn 1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
******* has taken on an offensive meaning because people have been using it to offend; just like so many other words that are not offensive, but have become offensive because of people abuse of the word. Take gay for example. It means happy, but now it is used by the homosexual community to describe their agenda. Thats abusing the word. There are numerous examples of this in our world.
2007-03-29 14:09:19 · answer #3 · answered by Goober W 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's always been a bad word. Not because of the definition, but because of the way it's used. The definition for the B word is a female dog, and it's a bad word also. Society has made them bad words.
2007-03-29 14:05:20 · answer #4 · answered by Speedy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1978
2007-03-29 14:04:27 · answer #5 · answered by mongrol007 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
In this society they don't want kids to feel bad for the bad choices their parents made like having kids without being married.
2007-03-29 14:04:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When people started using it as a derogatory term, like 'spaz' 'retard' and 'mong' were just scientifical nicknames for certain conditions.. but because people threw the names at each oter to cause offence, they've all become "bad-words".
2007-03-29 14:07:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I actually was told that "battell" is French for b a s t a r d, which is the name of my son's old school. There's also a Battell park, Battell Street, Battell Community Center......
2007-03-29 14:07:04 · answer #8 · answered by Klum 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My rule of thumb is: if it sounds awful coming out of a 3 yr old's mouth, then it's a "bad word"!
2007-03-29 14:45:39 · answer #9 · answered by Deb 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have no idea when others decided it was a bad word, but for me it was when my grandmother decided to tell my son that he was one. I wonder why it takes evil-hearted people so long to die?
2007-03-29 14:05:50 · answer #10 · answered by Evil Girl Geniuz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋