Welcome Guest [Log In] [Register]
Welcome to Campfire Soapbox. We hope you enjoy your visit.


You're currently viewing our forum as a guest. This means you are limited to certain areas of the board and there are some features you can't use. If you join our community, you'll be able to access member-only sections, and use many member-only features such as customizing your profile, sending personal messages, and voting in polls. Registration is simple, fast, and completely free.


Join our community!


If you're already a member please log in to your account to access all of our features:

Username:   Password:
Add Reply
Stubbing Your Toe And Yelling About Sex!
Topic Started: Aug 28 2006, 06:56 PM (192 Views)
cmoehle
Member Avatar
Chris - San Antonio TX
Why are sex words our worst swearwords?

Quote:
 
Several weeks ago Inquirer editors debated whether we should allow more dirty words in the paper. There was talk of loosening the restrictions on damn, which we've long placed in our category of lesser offenders though it implies something horrendous - condemnation to hell (a word we're also easing up on).

Topping our list of the worst possible words is the F-word, though in its literal sense it conveys something very nice. Writers are not specifically forbidden to use it but there are enough hoops to jump through that nobody has broken the F- barrier yet.

It's listed in our highest security class of obscenity, along with three synonyms for penis, two for vagina, two slang terms for oral sex, two variants on animal waste products and one expression that employs the F-word in an oedipal context.

What does this say about our society, and is there any scientific explanation for why people yell out a word for sex when they stub their toes?

Linguists...


Oh, who cares what Linguists think....why do you yell out about sex when you stub your toe?
Politics is the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of social order.
--Barry Goldwater
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
mychrissy
Member Avatar
Chrissy
It's listed in our highest security class of obscenity, along with three synonyms for penis, two for vagina, two slang terms for oral sex, two variants on animal waste products and one expression that employs the F-word in an oedipal context.

Took me a couple seconds to go through the list. I think I know them all. :floorrollin: :floorrollin: :floorrollin:


Quote:
 
why do you yell out about sex when you stub your toe?


It soooooooooo satisfying. :whistle:
Chrissy

Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
pentax
Member Avatar
Kamloops - BC Interior
Wel-l-l-l - if it's true what they say about "big feet"....

(I'm a 12, btw ;) )

:floorrollin: :floorrollin: :floorrollin:
Posted Image
(thumbnail)

Posted Image

"Kirk to Enterprise - Very funny, Scotty.... now beam down my clothes!"
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
kajtek1
Member Avatar
Kris, CA
cmoehle
Aug 28 2006, 05:56 PM
....why do you yell out about sex when you stub your toe?

There must be something to it.
In Polish that word is kurwa=hooker.

just don't say you've heard that from me.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
wolfgoddess
Member Avatar
Party Leader
pentax
Aug 28 2006, 08:10 PM
Wel-l-l-l - if it's true what they say about "big feet"....

(I'm a 12, btw ;) )

:floorrollin: :floorrollin: :floorrollin:

:dance:


Now I still have a black big toe and that was a few months ago.. and broke the other big toe last yr.. ( no I don't have huge feet )

.. best go check this list to see if I said any of them.. :whistle:
Posted Image
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
pentax
Member Avatar
Kamloops - BC Interior
wolfgoddess
Aug 28 2006, 08:46 PM

Now I still have a black big toe and that was a few months ago..

Sounds like it needs "kissin' better" - don't know much about that, but who knows? - "Might work."
Posted Image
(thumbnail)

Posted Image

"Kirk to Enterprise - Very funny, Scotty.... now beam down my clothes!"
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
cmoehle
Member Avatar
Chris - San Antonio TX
kajtek1
Aug 28 2006, 10:45 PM
cmoehle
Aug 28 2006, 05:56 PM
....why do you yell out about sex when you stub your toe?

There must be something to it.
In Polish that word is kurwa=hooker.

just don't say you've heard that from me.

Must be universal. Feel some pain, cry for pleasure!
Politics is the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of social order.
--Barry Goldwater
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
wolfgoddess
Member Avatar
Party Leader
cmoehle
Aug 29 2006, 04:24 AM
Must be universal. Feel some pain, cry for pleasure!

:cheers: yup heard that before :whistle:
Posted Image
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
cmoehle
Member Avatar
Chris - San Antonio TX
There's also, feel some pleasure, cry for pain! :whip:
Politics is the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of social order.
--Barry Goldwater
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
wolfgoddess
Member Avatar
Party Leader
:whistle: I should keep my mouth shut :whistle:

:dance: opps slipped
Posted Image
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
ZetaBoards - Free Forum Hosting
Create your own social network with a free forum.
Learn More · Register for Free
« Previous Topic · Campfire · Next Topic »
Add Reply