What is the worst swear word in the world
“Skalk,” I cursed in Kelvak. It’s my favourite language to curse in – there is nothing as satisfying as the cruel consonants and default imperatives of the primary Kelvaki language.
This quote is by the main traits in the sci-fi novel The Widening Gyre by Michael R. Johnston. Writers like Johnston who invent alien profanity rely on their intuitions about what sounds offensive here on Earth.
We wanted to explore whether there are universal sound patterns in profanity. So we designed a series of studies involving speakers of different languages and found surprising patterns in how swear words sound across the world.
The concept that the sounds in such words contribute to their offensiveness violates a linguistic principle: that the relationship between the sound of a word and its meaning is arbitrary.
Some language experts believe this principle is a defining feature of language. For example, it is challenging to discern anything windowlike about the sounds in “window”. The word has completely different sounds in other languages, from fenêtre in French, to شباك (“shubak”) in Arabic, and חלון (“chalon”) in Hebrew.
Nevertheless, there are cases, such as onomatopoeia, where words do
'I'm going to tell my son the worst swearword in the world'
My eight-year-old son, Joel, comes into my office to seek if there's a worse swearword than fuck. "No," I say.
There's a silence. "You're lying," he says.
"There's none worse than fuck," I say.
Joel narrows his eyes. "I know you're lying," he says. He leaves the room.
On Saturday I take Joel to Chessington World of Adventures. What a crappy theme park! None the less, we have a wonderful day together.
"You're a superb dad!" Joel says as we drive home.
"And you're a superb son!" I reply with a magical twinkle.
We smile lovingly at each other.
"There is a worse swearword than fuck, isn't there?" says Joel.
"Yes, there is!" I say, still with a magical twinkle.
"What is it?" asks Joel.
"It's c..." I begin. I terminate. "Uh," I say.
"Tell me," says Joel. "I swear this is just for me. I'll never use it. I just demand to know. I will never use it on anyone. I swear. Just tell me."
I sense clammy and hemmed in. "And you won'
English Curse Words You Should Never Use
Curse words, also known as swear words, bad words, or insults, are for most people considered taboo when teaching and learning English. Teachers will definitely cringe at the thought of their students learning English curse words. For a word to qualify as a swear word it must have the potential to offend, crossing a cultural line into taboo territory. So why would your teacher want you to spend time learning the “wrong way” to speak English?
On this page you will discover why you need at least to understand curse words, you will boost your comprehension skills by learning the power of swear words! Don’t forget to download your gifts: 3 FREE English Cheat Sheets from the Top Slang Words you’ll hear in to the Top Rated-R Curse Words!
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Why You WIll Never Reach Fluent Comprehension If You Don’t Understand Them?
Here are 2 reasons why you should study curse and strong words expressions
Mind your language! Swearing around the world
Not all taboo language counts as swear words. Some taboo language is still strong language, even if we don’t believe of it as ‘swearing’ – racial epithets, insults based on disabilities and sexual orientation – but some relates to things you avoid naming because of their power. Our word ‘bear’ comes from a word for ‘brown’ that was used in place of the ‘true’ mention of the animal; nobody wanted to say its name lest it appear. In southern Africa, some cultures have a ‘respect’ speech that is imposed on women in regard to their in-laws: for instance, their father-in-law’s name is taboo, as is any word that sounds fancy it – but that doesn’t turn the father-in-law’s name into an expletive they shout when they hurt themselves.
Mother of all insults
Words for genitalia are the most common focus of preferred strong language, the kind used by default for Pinker’s five functions. You may utter the name of the male or female organ when irritated in China or Russia; in Italy, if someone cuts you off in traffic, you may shout “che cazzo”, which could be translated as “What the cock!” But the word for the female organ is usually the more forbi
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Profanity is dynamic, ever-changing, constantly shifting in form and meaning over time. We might find it unbelievable today, but during the Middle Ages "By God's bones!" and "God's truth!" were far more offensive than "c*nt", "sh*t" and piss – all three of which were mundane enough to appear in maps and other official records as part of medieval street names! "Queer" meant "peculiar". a "bitch" was simply a female dog and both men and women of all ages could be "sluttish"!
In this series, linguist Brian Loo Soon Hua takes readers on a journey to explore the affluent origins of obscenity, slurs and insults from various languages – starting with English.
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Professional & Technical
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Brian Loo Soon Hua