It's time we invent a new "F" word!

[Iamme]

The F word is too old now. It's inappropriately used. Even grade school kids say it. How boring. It carries no real weight anymore.

I actually heard a WOMAN on a phone once talk like this: "Well , you know...the F thing was so F that the F was F'ed and you know that that F ing A hole was when I told him how he left his car keys in the F ing thing and he didn't even bother to check and see if the F ing things were in there first..the F ing idiot. (person on other end) I know what you F ing mean. [She was a renter.]

Really. I felt like asking her out on a date.:eek:

It used to be (anyway) that Germans would call people animal names. This is supposed to be like worse than the F word. You call them something like a Swinehund, or something.

If any foreign posters (to the US) read this, please tell us what you guys use for YOUR F word And if you are in an English speaking foreign country....is the F word used a lot there?.

[epepke]

English is kind of unusual amongst languages, in that there was a specific year when all the "bad" words became bad, and all the "good" words became good: 1066. Before that date, kings and paupers alike used all those four-letter words. After that date, the Frenchified terms became Good, while the Saxon terms became Bad.

Personally, I use the Saxon terms as frequently as possible, as a gesture of protest against the 300-year enslavement of the English people. Not on this website, of course, because there are Rules, but how many of the enforcers of said Rules understand the reasons therefor and realize that it is tantamount to carrying a can of Crisco and spreading one's cheeks to any Gallic Jerry-Lewis-Lover one might come across?

[Phil]

Originally posted by Iamme
The F word is too old now. It's inappropriately used. Even grade school kids say it. How boring. It carries no real weight anymore. . .

F*ck you.

Hmm. Still works for me.

[Yahweh]

The "F" word is too frilly-nilly-sissy-girly-weak now? Are you sure? (http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/icpinsaneclownposse/****theworld.html)

[Lord Emsworth]

Originally posted by lamme
It used to be (anyway) that Germans would call people animal names. This is supposed to be like worse than the F word. You call them something like a Swinehund, or something.

It's Schweinehund, but that word is soooo yesterday and rarely used as an insult. But it is still quite frequent in another, not insulting, context where it refers to a lack of willpower. The construction is something like "to overcome you inner Schweinehund."

But it is quite true that there are a lot insults involving animal names. Examples are Gans(goose), Kuh(cow) exclusively for women, Sau(sow) for both sexes and Schwein(pig), Ratte(rat) exclusively for men.

Originally posted by lamme
If any foreign posters (to the US) read this, please tell us what you guys use for YOUR F word And if you are in an English speaking foreign country....is the F word used a lot there?.


The German word I see closest to F./F.ing is Scheisse [n.] and scheiss [adj.] respectively. Although Scheisse translates into ***** I would still hold that F. would be the overall better translation for Scheisse.

When you f-word something up you say "Scheisse," when you are referring to this or that f.ing X you say "scheiss X."

But it is not always the same.

When you want to say F. you! you have to resolve to other means. This would in most, but not all, cases be something like Leck mich.

[Chaos]

I have one thing to add, Mylord.

The German youth has, for some time, been using English expressions a lot, including "f*ck", and they are VERY free in using such language (both English and German). Go to the toilets in an urban German middle school, and look at the graffiti there; you will find an endless supply of expletives in several languages, as well as a lesson in VERY graphic depictions of several body functions.

But that´s only the youths and older kids. Older people (like me - I´m 26) don´t do that and try to ignore it as much as possible.

[jan]

True. My daughter (1 and 3/4 years old) tends to say "Himmelherrgottscheiße" if something doesn't work the way she wants. I have no idea where she learned such language. Certainly not from her parents.:wink:



By the way, just when will the "Religion&Philosophy" board be renamed in "None Of The Above" board?

[epepke]

Originally posted by Lord Emsworth The German word I see closest to F./F.ing is Scheisse [n.] and scheiss [adj.] respectively. Although Scheisse translates into ***** I would still hold that F. would be the overall better translation for Scheisse.

'Cept that "Kleine *******" is also an affectionate term for infants. Or at least it was when my mother was an infant, seven decades ago.

[Chaos]

Originally posted by epepke


'Cept that "Kleine *******" is also an affectionate term for infants. Or at least it was when my mother was an infant, seven decades ago.

Almost correct. It is "Kleiner Scheisser", which means "little pooper".

Edited to add:

At least I think it means that. Poop is what comes out of the rear ends of babies, right?:confused:

[Johnny Pneumatic]

We could use Franko. "Your Franked up!"

[LeFevre]

Originally posted by jan

By the way, just when will the "Religion&Philosophy" board be renamed in "None Of The Above" board?

When Iamme finds out that there are other board besides this one.

[whitefork]

I like "Lorem ipsum dolor!" for piquancy.

http://www.lipsum.com/

[Agammamon]

Feth.

I do find it interesting that when using the euphemism for fornication or defectation you have to misspell the word yet scheisse is perfectly acceptable.

[Beleth]

Originally posted by Iamme
I actually heard a WOMAN on a phone once talk like this: "Well , you know...the F thing was so F that the F was F'ed and you know that that F ing A hole was when I told him how he left his car keys in the F ing thing and he didn't even bother to check and see if the F ing things were in there first..the F ing idiot. (person on other end) I know what you F ing mean.Dude! Move out of Jersey!

[sorgoth]

Shizah. It's s**t...only BETTER! When something goes wrong, say "SHIZAH!" and you'll feel better.

[Iamme]

LeFevre---Ya. How do we get Randi to make a new forum?

Beleth---:D

[Prospero]

Oh, here's a delightful term currently in increasing circulation: santorum. I'm sure you're all aware of Sen. Rick Santorum. Well, there is an advice columnist, Dan Savage, who has taken it upon himself develop a new meaning for the dear senator's name. Specifically, the word is used to designate, "<SNIP> (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/santorum)" as described in his nationally syndicated column. I was particularly amused by the Harvard Law student that wrote in to verify that he had heard it mentioned in three independent situations among his peers. It's disconcerting to see just how easily a vendictive colmnist can completely destroy whatever legacy you might have planned for yourself. Luckily, I agree with Savage on this one. :p

[c4ts]

I've got a new f-word:

Fack!

[Lord Emsworth]

Originally posted by Chaos
At least I think it means that. Poop is what comes out of the rear ends of babies, right?:confused:

I'm not quite sure on this either but I think that "poop" describes the action of creating poo.

[c4ts]

Fack this facking thread!

[!Xx+-Rational-+xX!]

TravellTroll likes our current F word mother f***ers! Besides you can always change it just like I do into words like f***tard when insulting people!

:crazy:

[Mendor]

Originally posted by Lord Emsworth


I'm not quite sure on this either but I think that "poop" describes the action of creating poo. It's both the noun and the verb, actually... "The baby pooped" and "there's poop all over the floor" are both acceptable.

what a productive day I'm having...