Questions tagged [offensive-language]
This tag is for questions about offensive language. It is for questions about words or phrases that could be considered offensive. If reason of offensiveness is belittling or painting a negative light instead of 'just offending' CONSIDER using the tag PEJORATIVE-LANGUAGE.
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Where and how is Geil used?
The urban dictionary writes:
GEIL (Guy-el) The best colloquial
word ever established by the German
language. It has slowly assimilated
itself into English speaking culture,
particularly ...
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Is there a difference between “arse” and “ass”?
From a comment here, in frequent usage, arse and ass are often interchangeable when used to refer to buttocks or to a person of dubious charms. However, although “to arse about” has a vague connection ...
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Why do you suck at XYZ?
How bad is the usage of the word suck in English? Is this "bad boy" language or commonly used?
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Does “gay” still include the meaning “merry”?
Dictionary.com lists eight meanings
of gay, with “merry, lively” as
the first entry.
Microsoft banned an
Xbox user for listing Fort
Gay (a real place) as his
hometown:
Xbox Live considered the term ...
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Are -er insults a British phenomenon?
In the UK there are a lot of insulting words which end in -er, like this: scrubber (slut), tosser (masturbator), chancer (untrustworthy person), poofter (homosexual), wanker (masturbator, generally ...
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Why isn't “it” used in place of “he or she”, “he/she”, “s/he” etc.?
There is a related discussion on this Q&A site.
My question is different. I'm all for gender awareness, but why hasn't a properly defined pronoun "it" been used instead of "he/she" or "he or she",...
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How bad is the f-word, really?
I am confused: on the one hand, many of my native-speaker friends keep telling me that the f-word is very, very bad. Much worse than the s-word for example. On the other hand, I see it being used ...
