From C.D.F. to Cuntface...from Eating a horse between two pissed-on mattresses to Eyes in two watches...from G-spot Snorker to Gyro Failure...from Hairy Pie to Humping...from Maccaroons to My old bucket of spew...
Slang Indexes don't get much better than this. Is American swearing really superior? Who would win the gold medal at the foul-mouthed Olympics?
Posted by at September 19, 2002 08:50 AMThe talents displayed by the Australians in the areas of slang and obscenity are astonishing in their fecundity, but for that matter so are those of the Kingdom, United and the Emerald Isle.
The 'mericans come a distant third, I'd say, and we Canucks, sad to say, couldn't creatively swear our way out of a very large and frosty paper bag. Even if there were delicious alcoholic beverages at stake.
Posted by: stavrosthewonderchicken on September 19, 2002 09:30 AMSince marrying a Brit, my language has become much more colorful (colourful) by association. I never knew sweet Fanny Adams till the old bunt made me 'is trouble.
Posted by: tizzie on September 19, 2002 09:44 AMThe Brits win. Hands down.
...or, as they say in Old Blighty, 'bangtop hooty-paddlers distaff.'
Posted by: stavrosthewonderchicken on September 19, 2002 10:11 AMThe Brits win. Hands down.
...or, as they say in Old Blighty, 'bangtop hooty-paddlers distaff.'
Posted by: stavrosthewonderchicken on September 19, 2002 10:12 AMPlease don't kick my ass, Stav, I'm sorry already!
Posted by: The Server on September 19, 2002 10:15 AMThe English have a great appetite for slang. One reason is their fear of sexually explicit language. Almost anything can be used as a double entendre. This was well satirized by Roger's Profanisaurus, a good proportion of which was made up by a couple of geezers from Viz down the boozer.
Posted by: liam on September 19, 2002 11:12 AMI had a dictionary of profanity for a while that had a bunch of different words with literal English translations. I forget what language it was whose expression for "bullshit" translates as "...and then the dog shits on the cigarette lighter".
Or did I dream it?
But I agree there are subtleties to British speech that make it endlessly more rich than its colonial counterpart.
Posted by: kafkaesque on September 19, 2002 11:24 AMFrom tizzie's commnet yesterday about fuck and the hebrew meaning from god. I was going to submit a post similar to this, as in, What is your favorite swear word not of your native tongue?
But I'm too late and some of you already found the slang generators too. :P
It may not be a swearword per se, but I've always been partial to "Zut, alors!"
or
"Nango-Manoot" from the Swahili, meaning "May the yams bury you and muffle your screams, my nemesis!"
Posted by: kafkaesque on September 19, 2002 12:42 PMCor blimey, guvnor! You must be avin a larf, int ya?
Posted by: walrus on September 19, 2002 12:43 PMRomakimmy - now that is a slang dictionary! Thanks for the great link.
Can you say stuff like this here?
Posted by: Miguel on September 19, 2002 12:43 PMFavorite (so far):
bocchinara: woman who specialises in blow jobs. The word itself really rolls off the tongue, too.
Most Used in my daily vocabulary: cazzo: Literally 'cock' or 'dick', used in proliferation like 'fuck' or 'shit' in English.
Posted by: romakimmy on September 19, 2002 12:44 PMActually, it was Walrus. We'll have no "Cor blimey, guv'nors" here, see? This is a local shop for local people.
You're Ok, Romakimmy. Just keep it foreign.
Posted by: Server on September 19, 2002 12:56 PM(A good half of the expressions on that site are just made up, by the way. Or possibly they're Welsh. Don't use em out loud till you suss it, cuz people will guess you ain't pukka.)
Posted by: walrus on September 19, 2002 12:59 PMIt's ok Miguel, I haven't touched the precious things ...
Posted by: walrus on September 19, 2002 01:01 PMvittujen kevSt ja kyrpien takatalvi
"Oh spring of cunts and cold spell of pricks!" - as frustrated Finns like to say.
Posted by: liam on September 19, 2002 01:01 PMFuck off server! I stop swearing when I goddamn feel like it ya cocksucking doubleposting summabitch.
(funny how i actually previewed THIS entry as opposed to my others)
Posted by: tj on September 19, 2002 01:03 PMOr maybe I'm just having a spot of trouble with my banter. Hmm ... cabbage crates coming over the briney?
Posted by: walrus on September 19, 2002 01:08 PMSorry, don't get your banter at all, old sausage.
Posted by: kafkaesque on September 19, 2002 01:13 PMWe'll have no trouble here!
Has someone been coveting the Precious Things of The Shop?!
Posted by: kafkaesque on September 19, 2002 01:14 PMYou know -- bally tenpenny ones dropping in the custard!
Posted by: walrus on September 19, 2002 01:15 PMRight...in...the how's your father?
I think I'm getting it, sir!
Posted by: kafkaesque on September 19, 2002 01:24 PMBunch of monkeys on the ceiling, sir! Grab your egg-and-fours and let's get the bacon delivered!
Posted by: walrus on September 19, 2002 01:28 PMWalrus, huh...no reply needed, I'll figure it out.
Dear server because you didn't post..(growling as I say this) Feeaaannnnnnnnn. Well literally it means, the devil made me do it, but slang for the Big F.
Don't get your knickers in a twist and leave out the porkies, yer big girls' blouses. No need for lard on your rabbles. Gotta 'ave a laff, innit?
Posted by: liam on September 19, 2002 01:45 PMI have a branch of family near Middlesbrough. They have their own way of communicating.
Want a scrumpy, dost? Aye.
Posted by: kafkaesque on September 19, 2002 01:47 PMHas someone been coveting the Precious Things of The Shop?!
BTW kaf, the new series of League of Gentlemen starts Thursday ... the first episode is called "The Lesbian and The Monkey" ... dunno if or when it will arrive your end, though.
Posted by: walrus on September 20, 2002 01:44 PM"Zut alors?"
In the memory of a progenitor:"The faint of heart never fucked a pig."
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