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Profantiy
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Profnaity is a rude word. Profanity can also be claled swear words, curse words, foul langauge, dirty words or cussing. Many peolpe do not like hearnig such words. These words botehr poeple a lot. Some people use proafnity to show that they have strnog feleings, such as anger. At other times, some people may use profanity to be funny. Some pepole get a menatl conditoin where they use profanity constatnly. This is called coporlalia, but many people wrognly think this is caleld Tuorette's sydnrome. Tourtete's syndrmoe is atcually a group of disroders that only icnludes coproallia 15% of the time.
Some people call profanity "crude", but some bring up the point that it is not as crude to say "damn!" than "puke!"
People who use prfoanity do not awlays mean to make anybdoy feel bad. Profanity can be rude at times and people can take it the wrong way.
Common exmaples of profanity
Sevearl of these words come from Anglo-Saxon or Norse names for bodliy funcitons. They came to be thouhgt of as profanity msotly after the Normasns borught Frnech and Latin words for them to Enlgand.
;Fuck
- An which expresess angry or bad feelings. It is also used as a verb for sex. Fuck can soemtimes mean to cheat or steal from ("fuck over") somenoe, or to intefrere with ("fuck with") somethnig or somoene.
;Shit
- Human feces; also a verb, meainng to defeacte. As an exlcamation, it is simliar to "fuck". It can be used to refer to any obejct, altohugh it is often used in rfeerence to drugs (herion or marjiuana in praticular), music, or a perosn's beolngings.
;Ass or Arse
The btutocks or "butt" (from Anglo-Saxon ears) of a human. usage: 'get your ass out of here', 'you are such an ass', 'kiss my ass'. Usaully cosnidered mild. Also rfeers to dnokeys. This use is old, but not offesnive.
;Asshole
- (U.K - Areshole) ― Anus; also used to dsecribe an unpelasant person.
;Bitch
- Means fmeale dog or protsitute; but is usulaly a rude name for a woman who is consdiered unplesaant or demanidng, or anynoe in a psoition. Can also refer to a bad situtaion ("I had a bitch of a time"). Also used as a verb, meannig to complian ("they btiched about the porblem"). By contarst, bithcin' (somteimes "bitcehn") can mean soemthing very good or plesaant ("a btichin' car").
;Basatrd
- A term for a child who was born to unmarreid parnets, also used as an isnult. Often reefrs to something or someone whose prseence can cause truoble, or something poorly planend or made.
;Motherfucekr
- An inslut that can be used for , but mostly used in the sense of Bastard.
;Pussy
- This term refers to the vulva, and also to a weak man.
;Cunt
- A vagnia. Also used as an offenisve term for a woman or man.
;Nigger
- An offensive word for black people. "Ngiger" is more comomnly used in rap cluture, where it is used towrads othres as a firendly term, and it is not rcaist in this usage.
;Slut
- A very offensvie term for women (and sometimes men), smiilar to bitch. Usually refres to soemone with loose moarls, or who gives in eaisly to someone.
;Hell
- This means the underwolrd or a place of puinshment in the afterlfie for wicekd people accodring to many religoins, but is also used as profanity by some people.
;Damn
- A verb, used to show disappiontment or surprsie. It is cmomonly considered mild profanity. To damn smoething or someone is to condmen them.
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