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2 unusual facts about profanity


Expletive

Profanity or swear word, a word or expression that is strongly impolite or offensive

Little School Mouse

Jerry directs his attention to the other picture sequence, which shows the mouse reaching his hole and the cat saying "bad words."


Big Hits and Nasty Cuts

The album received a Parental Advisory sticker for the live tracks, which contain some profanity.

Eric Scott Woods

Consequently, the crew of Charmed had to use a voice-over for the profanity being spoken by Woods' character in the Something Wicca This Way Comes episode.

Film censorship in Malaysia

Censorship guidelines for locally produced films were loosened in March 2010, the first revision since 1994, allowing movies with graphic violence and profanity to be screened in local cinemas, some without cuts, such as Sex and the City, Milk, Let the Right One In and I Love You Phillip Morris.

Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn

It was also not the first use of profanity since the Production Code came into effect – Warner Bros. made a "blooper" reel featuring Looney Tunes character Porky Pig saying the word "bitch", though the "blooper" reel was an inside joke and wasn't released publicly until 2006.

Haitian Carnival

The Kanaval celebrations were criticized for condoning sexually-suggestive dancing, profanity-filled plays, music lyrics mocking authority, and Vodou and kompa music rhythms.

Italian profanity

For example, the Comune of Brignano Gera d'Adda, after the curate complained about the frequency of blasphemous profanity in the parish recreation centre, banned the practice in the civic centre and in all places of retail business, be it public or private.

Klas August Linderfelt

He joined the Colorado National Guard and was one of the commanders at the Ludlow Massacre, noted for his aggression and profanity and for assaulting and allegedly murdering strike leader Louis Tikas.

Paul Olden

Olden was the target of Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda's infamous and profanity laden "Dave Kingman tirade" in 1976, in which Lasorda ranted at Olden (who worked at Los Angeles radio station KLAC at the time) when he asked him about Kingman having hit three home runs against the Dodgers that day.

Premier Passions

The most memorable feature of the series was the language used by then-manager Peter Reid and his assistant Bobby Saxton during team-talks, usually at half-time, which were often full of swearing.

Rise of the Dragon

The Mega-CD version added voice actors to the game (including Cam Clarke in the main role as William 'Blade' Hunter) and was given a MA-17 rating by the Videogame Rating Council, most likely for profanity, references to a fictional illicit drug, cross-dressing, prostitution and partial female nudity.

Robert Hewison

Monty Python: the case against: irreverence, scurrility, profanity, vilification and licentious abuse (London: Methuen, 1981)

Sinus Buster

J. R. Gach famously performed a commercial for the product describing it as "the best shit that ever was," which was advertised as the first radio commercial to feature profanity.

Smeg Virus Construction Kit

Messages within the two viruses Pile created with it, SMEG.Pathogen and SMEG.Queeg, suggest that it is also an allusion to the word smeg, used as a profanity by characters in the British TV series Red Dwarf.

Vulgar

Vulgarism, an instance of non-standard or non-elite usage in a language, not to be confused with "vulgarity" as a synonym for "obscenity" or "profanity"


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