why isnt the word 'bloody' seen as a swear word?
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Robert said it the most accurately, to my knowledge:\n"It used to be but it has become more accepted in the last few years. Some older people I class myself in this group) still find it dis-tasteful."\nI do say bloody and bloody hell for emphasis, though admittedly it has no bite, though a woman of about 60 that I know has flat told me not to curse when I say it.\nIt goes back, I think, past the old childhood game, "Bloody Mary."\nBut with my age group, all sorts of swears have not real bite like they did at one time. I can tell someone my age (a mate) to F--off and it is taken as a joke.  So now we are working on variations as are others\nFark off--Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker's guide\nFeck off-- who knows but sounds better in  mixed company.\nAnd to think, bugger off was at one time a horrible thing to say!\nSo my take, use Bloody Hell with some discrimination to preserve the unique qualities of British Curseword English...\nAnd if you don't agree with me, you can floggle off, Bloody, Blasted W@nker!\n[Being creative can be soo draining].
949667
I think it's because the "n" word has historically been such an oppressive, negatively-charged word... it was used in a very derogatory way back when slavery and segregation were a normal part of life.  For white people to use the word in modern times is like giving a nod of approval to the way black people were treated back then.  Black people using racial slurs to refer to white people is still a bit unpleasant, but it doesn't have quite that same historical undertone to it.
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My family used to be (when my parents were still alive and us kids were closer to home) prone to getting into heated "discussions" about most any topic. Whatever the popular opinion, my dad would always play the devils advocate, and off we'd go, debating darned near anything. One Sunday, we got into it about cursing. Part of us took the stance that only the designated curse words were truly curse words, and who decided what they were anyway? And part of us took the side that ANY word would be a curse word if used with the right emotion. Ex: if you say darn and you really meant damn, or really WANTED to say damn, then you may as well have gone ahead and said damn! The others were no way! Only the word damn is a curse word, and darn and heck and shoot are all perfectly good alternatives...well, so it went in my house!\nPoint being, I personally think that it's the emotion behind the word used, and say, in the case of Tourette's, there is no emotion intended, just an uncontrollable outburst of words that just happen to be considered foul by society. Now, having said all that, the Bible does have something to say about not allowing a rotten saying to come out of our mouths, along with swearing (as in "I swear to God I didn't take your purse!" The Bible says to let our yes mean yes and our no mean no) You'll find those verses at Eph 4:29 and Matt 5:37.
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Actually the swear words aren't the most offensive at all. \n\nWould you be more offended to be called n****r or c**t or a paedophile?  Or a child-murderer, or a racist, or a homophobe, or amoral.  There are many words worse than swear words that you can be called.
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Across all cultures that contain a religious component, there has been a common ideology that a person can only "swear"..that is to say, bind the veracity of their testimony, by God. \n\nPeople still swear oaths today in courts etc.\n\nPeoples all across history, in different times and places, have sworn by, and at, God...crying out to Him in anger, or futility, or pleading.\n\nIt is curios that since the time of Jesus Christ, in places where his existance as a historical figure has been generally accepted, and across all religious and cultural boundaries, the name of Jesus Christ has been adopted as the name of God that will be sworn by or at.\n\nEven muslims that I know swear "Jesus Christ" when something untoward happens, and seem not to know why.\n\nSome christians would argue that all humanity knows the name of God, and that despite all other veneers of religiosity, or atheism, people can still identify Jesus as Lord.\n\nIt always cracks me up to hear an athiest swearing using Jesus' name.
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ARE YOU ALLOWED TO SWEAR,HAS IT GOT SPELL CHECKER? IF NOT THERE NO BE ANY RANGERS SUPPORTERS..LOL
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i wouldnt consider it profanity, but slang,,,, and i guess it depends the context they are using it in would define it as really bad  slang or not,, "oh crap i hit my toe", is different then   "i have to take a crap", it does stand for shit,,, like heck stands for hell,,,,,i would discourage my child from using it,\n\nps: i think right here is a example that people dont take it too seriously, crap and hell didnt get censored, but the 4 letter word starting with a s that crap stands for , did , lol
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Hey- good question! I had no idea, so I looked up the answer for you. Here it is:\n\nMinced Oaths\n\nThe English, being a restrained lot, have a long list of euphemistic phrases, many of which became part of the language before it spread to other parts of the world. The root cause of these is a wish to communicate without being explicit. This is something the English are particularly fond of, hence their long tradition of double-entendre comedy.\n\nEuphemisms aren't all from the distant past though. For every Shakesperian 'beast with two backs' there's a 20th century 'knee trembler'.\n\nMinced oaths are a sub-group of euphemisms used to avoid swearing when expressing surprise or annoyance. If you hit your thumb with a hammer when great aunt Edith is in the room what do you say? It's probably going to be a minced oath. Shakespeare might have resorted to 'gadzooks' (God's hooks - referring to the nails in the cross), we might try 'shoot' or 'freaking heck'.\n\nThey are usually, although not exclusively, religious in nature and date from the days when it wasn't acceptable to use the name of God, Jesus or other religious notables in everyday speech. To mince your words, or mince matters, means to choose words so as not to offend anyone. Some example are 'Jiminy Cricket' (Jesus Christ), 'dagnamit' (God damn it'), 'for Pete's sake' (for St. Peter's sake).\n\nIt's interesting that, while we continue to generate new euphemisms, new minced oaths are few and far between. Perhaps that's because, while there are still taboos about discussing death, disability, homosexuality etc, the restrictions on swearing out loud when surprised or annoyed have slackened somewhat. \n\nThere are many examples:\n\nBejabbers --> By Jesus \nBleeding heck --> Bloody Hell \nBlimey --> Blind me \nBy golly --> By God's body \nBy gosh --> By God \nBy Jove --> By God \nCrikey --> Christ \nCriminy --> Christ \nDagnabbit --> God damn it \nDagnammit --> God damn it \nDang --> Damn \nDangnabbit --> God damn it \nDoggone --> God damn \nDrat --> God rot it \nEgad --> A God \nFlaming heck --> Fucking Hell \nFlipping heck --> Fucking Hell \nFor crying out loud --> For Christ's sake
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Because bad language is not considered proper.  Would you swear when talking to your parents, teachers, or at work to you boss or customers?
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No, but I do think they left the c off the front of the word and it glorifies violence and degrades women.
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Not all people do that, but mostly people in our culture.  They do it not consciously, but rather because words like these and other curse words have strong meaning in our culture.  In a moment of extreme feeling, like passion or anger, people blurt out those words which they will feel best convey their feelings at the time.  Since language is a poor substitute for real feeling, they say those words which have the strongest meaning.  Even atheists will say "oh my god," not out of any belief, but because they too are a part of modern western culture in which words such as these have traditionally been invested with power.\nAs for schneb's assertion that people curse names with power, he is on to something, but not what he thinks.  In our culture these words have power, or used to.  If you went to india you would typically not find people cursing in jesus' name.  People from other religous traditions and cultural backgrounds will say the words which in their traditions have been associated with strong emotion.  Hope this helps!
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It depends on your perspective.  If you are a person of good family and no real threats in your life then swearing is usually common in your vocabulary. If you are a person with more crap in your life than anybody you have ever known it is also common.  I think that kids start swearing because they want to seem so cool t their friends and they want to be the one on top.  But most  people start swearing just because of people they hang out with.
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Usually it is out of frustration with something that is not going the way that the person cussing was hoping for. Sometimes it is just a word used as filler because they can't think of the word that they wanted to use. You know, like how when you are talking and are trying to think of a word, so you say, "Um", or, "Ah". It's the same thing. People shouldn't cuss as much as they do, however, it seems to have become accepted as just part of society now days. I have to admit that I am guilty of doing this. I'm not as bad as some people that I've heard in public. Mostly younger kids these days, (teens),  have the worst potty mouths! I hear them on the bus cussing, and they don't even look around first to check and see if maybe there is a mother with a little kid riding the bus too! I won't cuss in front of children. That's just rude. I don't want people doing it in front of MY kids either.
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perspective?\n\n      Obviously so. \n\n      Profane strictly speaking means disrespectful toward the sacred.\n\n      Obscene? \n      Some words for body parts, sexual activities, excretory functions and material are considered vulgar, and inappropriate for polite conversation.\n\n      Some words are filtered instantly. I wasn't allowed to say: don't be a pussy  (p---y). But you will I think be allowed to say penis,in this context.\n\n      It must be that someone makes a complaint: re "community guidelines", and then the judgment is made to delete something.\n\n       People who want to be censors, would tend to be strict, uptight folks. \n\n       Just work around it, dude. You can write the first letter and then put blank spaces. \n\n       F--k off, censoring mother f----ers.
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It came from Mary Tudor... aka Mary I Queen of England... She had a whole bunch of Protestants killed in an attempt to move England back to Catholicism thus earning the nickname Bloody Mary.  Since then the term Bloody has been very offensive in England.
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In my opinion, cussing only plays a part in who will listen to these songs.  Like myself for example.  I dislike swearing in songs.  It's not necessary.  So I don't listen to songs with swearing.  Other people may not care so they listen to it.  Hope I helped you!
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It's slang from the UK & Ireland, a made up phrase to avoid cursing when surprised or annoyed.\n\nIt's also a slang term for a sexual position.