RE: What's your favorite swear word/insult?
June 21, 2014 at 4:06 am
(This post was last modified: June 21, 2014 at 4:07 am by Confused Ape.)
Snakes and bastards (used by M.C. Beaton's Agatha Raisin). It's very silly but you can get a lot of feeling into it.
Frak - I prefer to spell it frack, though, because nobody can tell you off for writing a word meaning hydraulic fracturing.
The difference between what's regarded as swearing in the U.S. and Britain reminds me of the character Spike from Buffy The Vampire Slayer/Angel. Joss Whedon had a lot of fun here because Spike could say rude things without them being censored for U.S. TV. This is my favourite example from an episode where everyone has lost their memories. (Keep going to the end for Spike's last insult.
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Frak - I prefer to spell it frack, though, because nobody can tell you off for writing a word meaning hydraulic fracturing.
The difference between what's regarded as swearing in the U.S. and Britain reminds me of the character Spike from Buffy The Vampire Slayer/Angel. Joss Whedon had a lot of fun here because Spike could say rude things without them being censored for U.S. TV. This is my favourite example from an episode where everyone has lost their memories. (Keep going to the end for Spike's last insult.
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Where are the snake and mushroom smilies?