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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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Origin of phrase "no shit"
The OED has four different meanings for the phrase no shit, summarised:
A. interjection:
1. a. A response expressing incredulity, 'Is that so?'
1. b. A sarcastic response to a banal statement, 'No sh …
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What is the etymology of "BFE"?
Summary
Bumfuck, Egypt is first documented in army slang from 1972, and BFE is from at least 1988. Bumfuck, [Egypt] appears to be the original, followed by variations Bumblefuck (1989), Bubblefuck (1 …
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that's some good sh*t
Words often change their meaning, particularly slang. See for example this question.
Routledge
The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English (2013) has 14 definitions …
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What is the origin of "cr*p on a crutch"?
The earliest USENET references are both on 22nd December 1998 in alt.tv.simpsons, by different people. One by user The WAV King in response to someone with a problem downloading a Homer Simpson sound …
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Etymology of "half-assed"
The normal expression is half-assed (or half-arsed in the UK) and "full assed" or "fully assed" aren't commonly used expressions.
"Half-arsed* usually means half-hearted today, and appears to follow …
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Where did the phrase "batsh*t crazy" come from?
From an inexplicably deleted answer is a 1983 cartoon by P. S. Mueller (the voice of Onion News Radio) captioned:
Full blown batshit crazy and still holding down a productive job
Mueller adds:
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What is the origin / reason for adding asterisks within swear words like f**k?
Purpose
The use of typography to censor words was to avoid breaking obscenity laws, and it was blasphemous to make fun of religion. Religious words were censored more than "normal" swear words, and w …
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Non-offensive substitute for a swear word
Q: Is there a term for replacing one slang word with another made-up slang word?
In addition to euphemism, the more general term is bowdlerisation (to bowdlerise, bowdlerised):
From Thomas Bowdler …
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Is "Dutch wife" one of those "Dutch words"?
I found an example of Dutch wife earlier than the OED's 1891.
Narrative of a voyage round the world, during the years 1835, 36, and 37 by William Samuel W. Ruschenberger and published in 1838, describ …
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What is the origin and earliest recorded usage of 'cock-up'
This "blunder" meaning of cock-up has been used before the 1960s, from at least the 1940s in writing.
It can be found in the 1950 Sea slang of the twentieth century: Royal Navy, Merchant Navy, yachts …
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What does "ratchet" mean and when was it first used?
The word ratchet is all over Twitter. Some real examples from just now:
"All these ghetto ass ratchet ass girls at mchi are wearing these Santa hats, and they all claim to be Santa..."
"I was looki …
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Origin of "Screw the pooch"
Wiktionary says this of "screw the pooch":
The term was first documented in the early "Mercury" days of the US
space program. It came there from a Yale graduate named John Rawlings
who helped …
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Alternative terms to "Blacklist" and "Whitelist"
Blacklist and whitelist are fine, I don't think they are in any way racist, unless you're actually using them for discrimination.
Wikipedia's IMEI entry repeatedly uses blacklist for blocking stolen …
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Where does the phrase "holy crap on a cracker" come from?
The only result in Google Books is 2006's Brothers and Sons: An Epic Comedy Adventure by Dana Myrick:
"Holy crap on a cracker! That paint job would cost three or four
thousand dollars in the cit …
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What does "thot" mean and when was it first used?
The word thot is all over Twitter.
The @lovihatibot Twitterbot routinely finds it in searches for "I love the word [X]" and "I hate the word [X]", in fact it's the most hated word and third most love …
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