Periodic Table of Swearing

[ConcentratedH2O, OM]

You didn't need it, but here's proof that two of the FfTB regulars are utter cunts.

Jadehawk:

my thesis, should I ever write one someday, will be dedicated (or blamed on) the Pharyngula Horde; it’s their fault after all.

Salty Current:

And you will (write one).

Cunts.

http://freethoughtblogs.com/physioprof/ ... /#comments

[Steersman]

You didn't need it, but here's proof that two of the FfTB regulars are utter cunts.
....
http://freethoughtblogs.com/physioprof/ ... /#comments

Sorry, but I fail to see how that qualifies them as cunts … looks at most like a sardonic comment by Jadehawk ….

[Tristan]

Mini, off-topic rant. I currently find myself having to put together an impromptu lecture on plagiarism for a Master's level class, half of whom are older than I am. Apparently saying "don't plagiarize or else" isn't enough any more - because even at this level a substantial fraction of people don't actually know what plagiarism is. Heck, apparently in some cultural backgrounds copying someone else's work is considered the highest form of flattery.

Blargh. Feels like the sort of stuff I should be giving to a class of ten-year-olds.

[TheMan]

You didn't need it, but here's proof that two of the FfTB regulars are utter cunts.
....
http://freethoughtblogs.com/physioprof/ ... /#comments

Sorry, but I fail to see how that qualifies them as cunts … looks at most like a sardonic comment by Jadehawk ….

Yeah...doesn't seem like a cunty thing to say/do.

[ConcentratedH2O, OM]

You didn't need it, but here's proof that two of the FfTB regulars are utter cunts.
....
http://freethoughtblogs.com/physioprof/ ... /#comments

Sorry, but I fail to see how that qualifies them as cunts … looks at most like a sardonic comment by Jadehawk ….

Have you read much of FfTB? Cunts like Jadehawk and SC don't do sardonic. Xe is absolutely serious in xir assertion that xe would like to dedicate xir imaginary doctorate to The Horde (Meyers's band of merry muckwits).

[Michael K Gray]

Mini, off-topic rant. I currently find myself having to put together an impromptu lecture on plagiarism for a Master's level class,

Just copy someone else's speech on this subject.
That should get the point across with a healthy dose of Fe-y.

[Michael K Gray]

I never thought I'd see the day (week) that the sainted Matt Dillahunty would be the witch of the weak[sic]!
If I weren't on a puny netbook, I'd plonk an entry into Phawrongula.
¿Mañana?

[Steersman]

You didn't need it, but here's proof that two of the FfTB regulars are utter cunts.
....
http://freethoughtblogs.com/physioprof/ ... /#comments

Sorry, but I fail to see how that qualifies them as cunts … looks at most like a sardonic comment by Jadehawk ….

Have you read much of FfTB?

Far too much; my psychiatrist is recommending a 12-step withdrawal program ….

Cunts like Jadehawk and SC don't do sardonic.

Most of them seem to be a humourless bunch most of the time, but even the phrase – The Horde – is so obviously hyperbolic – exaggeration to ridicule in this case or to mock those who criticize the Pharyngulities for “group-think” – that I can’t see it not being sardonic.

And even the discussion in which the quotes came from is more of the same, more exaggeration to mock, presumably, some of the processes of acquiring PhDs, at least in some “disciplines” ….

Combined, the evidence still seems to strongly support “sardonic” …. But I could be mistaken ….

[Tristan]

Mini, off-topic rant. I currently find myself having to put together an impromptu lecture on plagiarism for a Master's level class,

Just copy someone else's speech on this subject.
That should get the point across with a healthy dose of Fe-y.

Heh. Don't tempt me.

[John Greg]

I always have fun reading Laden when he's working so effectively at proving how incredibly stupid he really is. I mean, c'mon now, he doesn't really have a PhD does he? Could anyone be so stupid and earn a PhD without buying it from the back of a comic book or the middens in the trailer park?

Anyway, Greggy's mad about people calling the shots at the SCA, and he wants us to know about it. He trumpets that the problem is that the SCA ...

has something of a political hold over the organizations it is supposed to represent. Whoever is calling the shots at SCA is either not paying attention or worse, paying close attention.

My bolding.

HAHAHAHAHA

The man is as stupid as a dead frog. No wonder Stefunny makes soup in her shorts for him.

[John Greg]

Forgot the link: http://freethoughtblogs.com/almostdiamo ... ent-125680

Perhaps we should just pay medium attention. That would be legal, I presume.

Laden, go suck dead toads. You might learn something about yourself.

[TheMan]

Mini, off-topic rant. I currently find myself having to put together an impromptu lecture on plagiarism for a Master's level class,

Just copy someone else's speech on this subject.
That should get the point across with a healthy dose of Fe-y.

Heh. Don't tempt me.

You can flip it.

Instead of "plagerism is yadda yadda...."

you can..."originality is yadda yadda...so...plagerism is not 733t. The end"

[Tony Parsehole]

I always have fun reading Laden when he's working so effectively at proving how incredibly stupid he really is. I mean, c'mon now, he doesn't really have a PhD does he? Could anyone be so stupid and earn a PhD without buying it from the back of a comic book or the middens in the trailer park?

Anyway, Greggy's mad about people calling the shots at the SCA, and he wants us to know about it. He trumpets that the problem is that the SCA ...

has something of a political hold over the organizations it is supposed to represent. Whoever is calling the shots at SCA is either not paying attention or worse, paying close attention.

My bolding.

HAHAHAHAHA



The man is as stupid as a dead frog. No wonder Stefunny makes soup in her shorts for him.

*snigger* So I assume Greg would prefer the person calling the shots at the SCA to pay some attention but not too much? Ok Greg, got it....

[Michael K Gray]

The man is as stupid as a dead frog. No wonder Stefunny makes soup in her shorts for him.

Urk.
Would that be bird's nest soup?

[Phil_Giordana_FCD]

Mini, off-topic rant. I currently find myself having to put together an impromptu lecture on plagiarism for a Master's level class,

Just copy someone else's speech on this subject.
That should get the point across with a healthy dose of Fe-y.

Heh. Don't tempt me.

MKG's idea is actually a pretty good one for the start of a lecture on plagiarism.

And MKG is an expert on plagiarism... :D (sorry 'bout the smiley, but I feared my joke would be too cryptic. 'Twas a couple of days ago, after all)

I am completely baffled by JG's post at Rock Beyond Belief. The video really creeped me out. It was like watching Ghost Hunters or something.

And Oolon: disumbrationist at http://www.slymepit.com/phpbb/viewtopic ... 400#p17001 summed up my feelings in a very clear and cogent way, WRT slurs.

[Dick Strawkins]

For example someone above says

... that fucking Crommunist...

in much the same way as I see on here

... that cunt Rebecca/Ophelia/Zvan...

same with Twatson, bint, bitch. Even...

... that faggot Josh...

Strange.
When I typed "that faggot josh" into the search box it only came up with a single hit.

All the other references were descriptions of the term as a pejorative or as sarcastic comments rather than insults.
Perhaps I've missed some use of the term but searching the forum certainly doesn't reveal a frequent use of the term so I don't think it is reasonable to try to tar the rest of us as condoning its use as a pejorative.

Just one person has used the term faggot in that way.

I've saved his quote in my signature in case any passing baboons want to know his identity.

Do you ever wonder whether your pathetic trolling might ever turn around and bite you in the ass?

[Michael K Gray]

And MKG is an expert on plagiarism...

That was what I said!

Oh: I just finished listening to Rape/Reap/Rodin & Spastic Screen-Licker, & wish to say, (ala young Mr Grace), that all did very well.
Seriously I could not have performed anywhere near as languidly informed.

I'd recommend it to my friends, if I had any.

[Phil_Giordana_FCD]

For example someone above says

... that fucking Crommunist...

in much the same way as I see on here

... that cunt Rebecca/Ophelia/Zvan...

same with Twatson, bint, bitch. Even...

... that faggot Josh...

Strange.
When I typed "that faggot josh" into the search box it only came up with a single hit.

All the other references were descriptions of the term as a pejorative or as sarcastic comments rather than insults.
Perhaps I've missed some use of the term but searching the forum certainly doesn't reveal a frequent use of the term so I don't think it is reasonable to try to tar the rest of us as condoning its use as a pejorative.

Just one person has used the term faggot in that way.

I've saved his quote in my signature in case any passing baboons want to know his identity.

Do you ever wonder whether your pathetic trolling might ever turn around and bite you in the ass?

Absolutely correct. The advanced search returns 28 instances of "faggot", and none is used against anyone, except your "exemple*", Oolon.


*read: "pulled out of your ass"

[rayshul]

Nice catch, Dick.

[Phil_Giordana_FCD]

"cunt", on the other hand, is quite prominent in the search function. 752 (well 753 now I guess) instances. Mostly in discussions about the word itself, self derision, answering to poster "Cunt" (make that 754 then) and some instances of calling someone from the other side a cunt.

Out of about 16500 posts. We're not doint so bad, I think.

Now, let's go to FTB...

Nah, just kidding, I don't give a fuck.

[Tristan]

Mini, off-topic rant. I currently find myself having to put together an impromptu lecture on plagiarism for a Master's level class,

Just copy someone else's speech on this subject.
That should get the point across with a healthy dose of Fe-y.

Heh. Don't tempt me.

MKG's idea is actually a pretty good one for the start of a lecture on plagiarism.

And MKG is an expert on plagiarism... :D (sorry 'bout the smiley, but I feared my joke would be too cryptic. 'Twas a couple of days ago, after all)

I'm going to lead off by trying to get them thinking about why they're at university in the first place. Point out that the piece of paper they get at the end might help them get into an entry level job - but unless they demonstrate the ability to pick up, learn, understand and apply new information that that piece of paper is supposed to represent... well, they won't be moving up far or fast. And that fancy degree won't help very much when it's 10-15 years old and they're hunting for a new entry-level job after losing the old one due to incompetence.

Sad fact is, it's pretty easy to get away with plagiarism. The trick is to get them to understand that they're only screwing themselves.

[Phil_Giordana_FCD]

*snip*

I'm going to lead off by trying to get them thinking about why they're at university in the first place. Point out that the piece of paper they get at the end might help them get into an entry level job - but unless they demonstrate the ability to pick up, learn, understand and apply new information that that piece of paper is supposed to represent... well, they won't be moving up far or fast. And that fancy degree won't help very much when it's 10-15 years old and they're hunting for a new entry-level job after losing the old one due to incompetence.

Sad fact is, it's pretty easy to get away with plagiarism. The trick is to get them to understand that they're only screwing themselves.

Here is my own original take on the subject:

Plagiarism is defined in dictionaries as the "wrongful appropriation," "close imitation," or "purloining and publication" of another author's "language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions," and the representation of them as one's own original work, but the notion remains problematic with nebulous boundaries. The modern concept of plagiarism as immoral and originality as an ideal emerged in Europe only in the 18th century, particularly with the Romantic movement, while in the previous centuries authors and artists were encouraged to "copy the masters as closely as possible" and avoid "unnecessary invention."

[Phil_Giordana_FCD]

Fine, fine, I'll own up:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiarism

Sorry I can't help you much Tristan.

[Git]

when you justify misogynistic and homophobic slurs as only being words?

Most of us are from the Commonwealth where cunt, twat, dick etc aren't misogynistic, just good old fashioned and excellent abuse. You merkins really need to stop with all this neo-puritan bollocks, seriously.

[Michael K Gray]

The modern concept of plagiarism as immoral and originality as an ideal emerged in Europe only in the 18th century, particularly with the Romantic movement, while in the previous centuries authors and artists were encouraged to "copy the masters as closely as possible" and avoid "unnecessary invention."

Spot on, champ.
Over the millennia, plagiarism has been considered an academic and artistic virtue beyond compare.
Example: Look at how Virgil's Æniad is still lauded to this day, despite it being a complete & unabashed rip-off of Homer's works!
Scholars refer to this plagiarism as "improving on previous masterworks.

[Phil_Giordana_FCD]

when you justify misogynistic and homophobic slurs as only being words?

Most of us are from the Commonwealth where cunt, twat, dick etc aren't misogynistic, just good old fashioned and excellent abuse. You merkins really need to stop with all this neo-puritan bollocks, seriously.

Lucky you said "most of us", Git. You Pommies have not concquered us (yet?)! Try Normandy again (not talking about D-Day here, look farther back in history), might work this time. I'd love to have Tesco and Cornwall Pasty in my part of the country too, so go all the way to Nice...

As for cunt and such, these are very common words in the french vernacular. Con, connard, conne, connasse, connerie... these are used by even the highest authorities ("Casse toi pauvre con"- N. Sarkozy). Nobody but the most obscure 80's porn director know the root of the word. Ask anyone in the street what a con is, and they'll tell you "an asshole". Not a vagina. We are done with this conotation, and maybe the USAians should try and emulate this.

I've said that before, haven't I? Many times even, I think.

MKG: I was just plagiarizing the opening paragraph of the wiki article. Now, I'll have to find where you plagiarized your paragraph from...

[Michael K Gray]

when you justify misogynistic and homophobic slurs as only being words?

Most of us are from the Commonwealth where cunt, twat, dick etc aren't misogynistic, just good old fashioned and excellent abuse. You merkins really need to stop with all this neo-puritan bollocks, seriously.

tOolong is just a slimy back-stabbing fraud, as is dawning on others after this time.
One who's greatest acheivement in life is making a minor pedantic point against his betters.
One of life's pathetic losers, who feels that if 'he' cannot bring himself up to the level of a reasonable adult, must drag reasonable adults down to his gutter by purposeful fabrication, lying, dissembling & juveni;e pretense at innocence.
Unlike Abdrew, I don't even find him even remotely amusing as a type-sample of the mental pathology that dominates contributors to FfTBogs.
He has demonstrated on countless occasions that he is of ill will in posting both here, and at FfTB!

He knows our arguments, he knows our documented facts.
Yet he pretends to be naive.

He is a duplicitous CUNT.

[AndrewV69]

Meanwhile, in Norway events unfold:
http://eivindberge.blogspot.ca/2012/09/lex-berge.html

After Norway's Supreme Court decided my blog is legal, a chorus of feminist pundits opined that the law needs to be changed in order to punish me and other bloggers who express opinions online that would be defined as criminal incitement under the Penal Code of 1902 §140 if they were expressed in print media. The cops went so far as claiming they may charge me again under the new law unless I delete whatever offensive statements from my blog they tried and failed to prosecute me for already.

[masakari2012]

Justicar is kicking ass on youtube! Check out his latest videos.

[JackRayner]

I am of the opinion that properly attributing work wouldn't be such an issue if we didn't need a fucking manual to figure it out! :x

(Can you tell that I'm a college student that's just about had it with the fucking APA format? It's like every new paper that I write ends up sending me back to try and figure out exactly how cite some strange source....)

[JackRayner]

Justicar is kicking ass on youtube! Check out his latest videos.

For realzies. Currently halfway through the first one on the topic of Dillahunty's sock-puppetry in the A+Theism forum.

[Sulaco]

I am of the opinion that properly attributing work wouldn't be such an issue if we didn't need a fucking manual to figure it out! :x

(Can you tell that I'm a college student that's just about had it with the fucking APA format? It's like every new paper that I write ends up sending me back to try and figure out exactly how cite some strange source....)

APA is shit. I had the joys of learning it myself to teach students. I despise APA.

[JackRayner]

I am of the opinion that properly attributing work wouldn't be such an issue if we didn't need a fucking manual to figure it out! :x

(Can you tell that I'm a college student that's just about had it with the fucking APA format? It's like every new paper that I write ends up sending me back to try and figure out exactly how cite some strange source....)

APA is shit. I had the joys of learning it myself to teach students. I despise APA.

That's sounds horrible. The only other citation style I've even heard of is MLA, but my school treats it like a plague anytime that some poor bastard that's familiar with it asks if they can just use it instead of APA.

[Phil_Giordana_FCD]

APA: Alien Persus Aredator?

Because that was one hell of a shitty movie!

[SPACKlick]

Acolyte protection Agency?

[Tkmlac]

I am of the opinion that properly attributing work wouldn't be such an issue if we didn't need a fucking manual to figure it out! :x

(Can you tell that I'm a college student that's just about had it with the fucking APA format? It's like every new paper that I write ends up sending me back to try and figure out exactly how cite some strange source....)

APA is shit. I had the joys of learning it myself to teach students. I despise APA.

That's sounds horrible. The only other citation style I've even heard of is MLA, but my school treats it like a plague anytime that some poor bastard that's familiar with it asks if they can just use it instead of APA.

In CA, community colleges are all MLA and four year universities are all APA. Sometimes my state is an asshole.

[Tristan]

The modern concept of plagiarism as immoral and originality as an ideal emerged in Europe only in the 18th century, particularly with the Romantic movement, while in the previous centuries authors and artists were encouraged to "copy the masters as closely as possible" and avoid "unnecessary invention."

Well hell, with that attitude it's no wonder the sciences didn't do so well. One of the problems I have to deal with is that some of my students come from backgrounds where this is true today - in fact, copying is considered to be the highest possible compliment that can be paid to a person's work.

[Phil_Giordana_FCD]

Why is it my plagiarism joke seems to have gone over a lot of peoples' head. I have to stop trying to be funny, I guess...

[SPACKlick]

Just managed to get banned over at A+ for suggesting to a mod that him determining I should feel my rape was worse than if I had been murdered was offensive.

Hypocrites left right and centre.

[Tristan]

Oh, I got it - but went off on a tangent.

[Dick Strawkins]

I don't see cunt, twat and bitch as being misogynist or offensive to the vast majority of women in general.

I don't tend to use the word "cunt" but, having lived in the UK for a while I understand that it's meaning in working class speech is pretty much the same as "dick".

I do use the word "twat", which in UK speak, is a much milder term of abuse. It's about the equivalent of "idiot".

In fact I would guess that very few UK people would automatically link the word "twat" with a vagina. If a woman asked a British guy to lick her twat, his first thought would probably be: "She has an idiot she wants me to lick?"

Besides, "twat" is a Rebecca Watson approved insult, as demonstrated by her recent use of the term to insult Bob Novella on the Skeptics Guide to the Universe.

If RW can call people 'twats', then why can't we...

[Phil_Giordana_FCD]

Just managed to get banned over at A+ for suggesting to a mod that him determining I should feel my rape was worse than if I had been murdered was offensive.

Hypocrites left right and centre.

Well, the mod is right. I mean, if you had been murdered instead of being raped, you wouldn't be bitching about it on ze interwebz, right?

As a fellow rape victim, I still find it insulting for these entitled fucks to decide what or what not to feel about these experiences. My life, my body, my business!

[Phil_Giordana_FCD]

Dick:

If a woman asked a British guy to lick her twat, his first thought would probably be: "She has an idiot she wants me to lick?"

You win this thread! And ow me a new screen and keyboard...

[SPACKlick]

I don't tend to use the word "cunt" but, having lived in the UK for a while I understand that it's meaning in working class speech is pretty much the same as "dick".

No, a cunt is worse than a dick. A dick has just annoed you a cunt was annoying to the point of malice.

I do use the word "twat", which in UK speak, is a much milder term of abuse. It's about the equivalent of "idiot".

Again, I'd say you've slightly underplayed it. Twat can be used affectionately where it is no worse than idiot but if I screamed in your face "how could you, you idiot?" and "how could you, you twat" I'm clearly trying to level more offense with the second.

In fact I would guess that very few UK people would automatically link the word "twat" with a vagina.

Seems to be regional, plenty of people knew it when I lived in one part of the south, none in another and the same across four parts of the north (2 & 2). some of the girls would talk about masturbation as twat slapping.

[Dick Strawkins]

I don't tend to use the word "cunt" but, having lived in the UK for a while I understand that it's meaning in working class speech is pretty much the same as "dick".

No, a cunt is worse than a dick. A dick has just annoed you a cunt was annoying to the point of malice.

I do use the word "twat", which in UK speak, is a much milder term of abuse. It's about the equivalent of "idiot".

Again, I'd say you've slightly underplayed it. Twat can be used affectionately where it is no worse than idiot but if I screamed in your face "how could you, you idiot?" and "how could you, you twat" I'm clearly trying to level more offense with the second.

In fact I would guess that very few UK people would automatically link the word "twat" with a vagina.

Seems to be regional, plenty of people knew it when I lived in one part of the south, none in another and the same across four parts of the north (2 & 2). some of the girls would talk about masturbation as twat slapping.

Perhaps there is some regional variation in the use of these terms but I've certainly mixed with people who used "cunt" as a rough term of affection for their friends (as in "what will you cunts have to drink?")whereas the same people would only use "dick" as an insult.
I do understand that cunt, while used as an insult, is a stronger term of abuse than "dick" but I haven't really noticed people using "dicks" as a playful insult between friends the same way that "cunts" is used.

[Dick Strawkins]

Again, I'd say you've slightly underplayed it. Twat can be used affectionately where it is no worse than idiot but if I screamed in your face "how could you, you idiot?" and "how could you, you twat" I'm clearly trying to level more offense with the second.

Yes, used like that "twat" is generally seen as a stronger word than "idiot" - but I suspect not a stronger insult than "prick","dick", "cock", "knobend" or various other entries from the same section of Rogers Profanisaurus.

[Scented Nectar]

Mini, off-topic rant. I currently find myself having to put together an impromptu lecture on plagiarism for a Master's level class, half of whom are older than I am. Apparently saying "don't plagiarize or else" isn't enough any more - because even at this level a substantial fraction of people don't actually know what plagiarism is. Heck, apparently in some cultural backgrounds copying someone else's work is considered the highest form of flattery.

Blargh. Feels like the sort of stuff I should be giving to a class of ten-year-olds.

It seems to be needed. I don't think they are learning this in the earlier grades anymore. Or maybe they just don't think it's all that important? I personally like to know WHO has really written the things I read. And I'm all for quoting, but it needs to be clear that it's a quote, and it should be attributed to the author or website, etc, and if the quote IS the whole page, then the attribution should be at the top so that people see from the start that it isn't by the person who runs the blog, writes the paper, or whatever else. A good thing I see on blogs quite often, is a title highlighted in yellow, which says this is a guest post by whoever.

[Scented Nectar]

Just managed to get banned over at A+ for suggesting to a mod that him determining I should feel my rape was worse than if I had been murdered was offensive.

Hypocrites left right and centre.

If it were true that being murdered is preferable to living after having been raped, wouldn't all or most raped women be dead now from suicide, since it sounds like they think that death is better than any kind of living with a memory of having been raped?

[SPACKlick]

If it were true that being murdered is preferable to living after having been raped, wouldn't all or most raped women be dead now from suicide, since it sounds like they think that death is better than any kind of living with a memory of having been raped?

Great Minds: viewtopic.php?f=29&t=166

[Phil_Giordana_FCD]

Just managed to get banned over at A+ for suggesting to a mod that him determining I should feel my rape was worse than if I had been murdered was offensive.

Hypocrites left right and centre.

If it were true that being murdered is preferable to living after having been raped, wouldn't all or most raped women be dead now from suicide, since it sounds like they think that death is better than any kind of living with a memory of having been raped?

Why single out raped women?

[TheMan]

Dick:

If a woman asked a British guy to lick her twat, his first thought would probably be: "She has an idiot she wants me to lick?"

You win this thread! And ow me a new screen and keyboard...

But in sydney anyway... a twat is a word bogans use to mean vagina.

But I just asked the wife and she says it means idiot. Must be a generational thing.

Just asked about "Cunt" and her views on the use of the word is pretty hardcore. Basically... it's always a mysoginistic slur.

[SPACKlick]

Just managed to get banned over at A+ for suggesting to a mod that him determining I should feel my rape was worse than if I had been murdered was offensive.

Hypocrites left right and centre.

If it were true that being murdered is preferable to living after having been raped, wouldn't all or most raped women be dead now from suicide, since it sounds like they think that death is better than any kind of living with a memory of having been raped?

Why single out raped women?

Because only women get raped, didn't you know?

[Dick Strawkins]

Just asked about "Cunt" and her views on the use of the word is pretty hardcore. Basically... it's always a mysoginistic slur.

Because communicating via the internet means you never know whether other readers are accustomed to thinking like this, I always avoid using the word "cunt" (well, apart from just there!)

But at the same time I don't think someone who insults someone by calling them a cunt is (necessarily) a misogynist.
They could be, but the simple use of the term cunt is not enough, because it is not a universally recognized misogynistic slur.

[Tony Parsehole]

I don't see cunt, twat and bitch as being misogynist or offensive to the vast majority of women in general.

I don't tend to use the word "cunt" but, having lived in the UK for a while I understand that it's meaning in working class speech is pretty much the same as "dick".

I do use the word "twat", which in UK speak, is a much milder term of abuse. It's about the equivalent of "idiot".

In fact I would guess that very few UK people would automatically link the word "twat" with a vagina. If a woman asked a British guy to lick her twat, his first thought would probably be: "She has an idiot she wants me to lick?"

Besides, "twat" is a Rebecca Watson approved insult, as demonstrated by her recent use of the term to insult Bob Novella on the Skeptics Guide to the Universe.

If RW can call people 'twats', then why can't we...

Working class North East England here and I can safely say cunt usually means the same as bastard, an unpleasant person but we use it affectionately too as in "cheeky cunt" or "clever cunt" respectively. It's one of those words that just get used by everyone all the time. Dick is usually reserved for genuine idiots or annoying people. I couldn't imagine calling a friend a dick unless he did something...Errrr....Dickish.

Twat is a weird one . A lot of people where I live , my parents included, think it means a pregnant fish. 100% true

[Tigzy]

In the UK, 'twat' can also be synonymous with beating someone up - which leads to some linguistic noveties such as: 'I'm gonna twat that cunt,' or 'hold my coat Dave*, cos I'm gonna give this prick a right twatting.'

*Why is there always a 'Dave' involved with these sorts of things?

[Scented Nectar]

Just managed to get banned over at A+ for suggesting to a mod that him determining I should feel my rape was worse than if I had been murdered was offensive.

Hypocrites left right and centre.

If it were true that being murdered is preferable to living after having been raped, wouldn't all or most raped women be dead now from suicide, since it sounds like they think that death is better than any kind of living with a memory of having been raped?

Why single out raped women?

I was thinking/arguing in terms of what they would think if the murder premise is true, and with them it's always the female victims who they argue about, so that's who I used as an example. Bringing up men getting raped would sidetrack from the murder comparison over to excuses why women being raped is always worse than for men. Even when you get them to acknowledge that it happens to men too, they come back with a magical it harms women more than men. Some even say shit like men should get raped for their own medicine, yet they wish this not on rapists, but any/all men as being responsible for other men's rapes.

[Scented Nectar]

Just managed to get banned over at A+ for suggesting to a mod that him determining I should feel my rape was worse than if I had been murdered was offensive.

Hypocrites left right and centre.

If it were true that being murdered is preferable to living after having been raped, wouldn't all or most raped women be dead now from suicide, since it sounds like they think that death is better than any kind of living with a memory of having been raped?

Why single out raped women?

I was thinking/arguing in terms of what they would think if the murder premise is true, and with them it's always the female victims who they argue about, so that's who I used as an example. Bringing up men getting raped would sidetrack from the murder comparison over to excuses why women being raped is always worse than for men. Even when you get them to acknowledge that it happens to men too, they come back with a magical it harms women more than men. Some even say shit like men should get raped for their own medicine, yet they wish this not on rapists, but any/all men as being responsible for other men's rapes.

Mind you, I was talking here, even though I was arguing towards the banning they did over there.

[Scented Nectar]

If it were true that being murdered is preferable to living after having been raped, wouldn't all or most raped women be dead now from suicide, since it sounds like they think that death is better than any kind of living with a memory of having been raped?

Great Minds: viewtopic.php?f=29&t=166

Didn't realize that thread was there. I almost never check any thread but this one. Every couple weeks I go quickly check the others out. :)

[Tony Parsehole]

In the UK, 'twat' can also be synonymous with beating someone up - which leads to some linguistic noveties such as: 'I'm gonna twat that cunt,' or 'hold my coat Dave*, cos I'm gonna give this prick a right twatting.'

*Why is there always a 'Dave' involved with these sorts of things?

Totally forgot about using twat like that! And the "Dave" trope.....There IS ALWAYS a dave.

As soon as you said that i remembered this comic strip:
http://bigmentaldisease.com/wp-content/ ... ight-2.jpg

To the right-middle off the strip there is a Dave (it's written on his helmet) and he is threatening to twat somebody.

[Munkhaus]

SE England:
I've heard cunt used on the football pitch to encourage a team mate to shimmy/shoulder past an opposing player: "Cunt him off!"
"Dave! You let him cunt you off!"