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The "beauty" of crude words. Contains filth. Page 4
Quote: Aaron @ August 7 2009, 4:07 PM BSTClunge.
Martin Clunge?
Grow unsightly warts, thou cankerous, cod-piece sniffing, jolthead!
Quote: RubyMae - Glamourous Snowdrop at Large @ August 7 2009, 3:22 PM BSTSpampurse! Jizzwizzard! Nutty buttchunk! Donkey rapist! Cock jockey! Playing the one string banjo! Sacface! Nipplehead! Poonflaps! Purple headed trucheon of love! Wee Willy Smallballs!
...and other mature things.
Why do dirty words and language make us laugh so much? As children we are taught that it's not big of clever to say such things yet as we get older, it becomes more and more acceptable. And why do people like me can laugh at the terms above but cannot totally handle words like the C word?
Those words don't remind you of your body or sex but the word 'c**t' does.
I think I've discovered the magic formula for creative expletives. All you have to do is think of two words. The first word is a common swear word. The second is a random object.
Allow me to elucidate.
SWEAR WORD:
F**k
RANDOM OBJECT:
Trumpet
SUGGESTED USAGE:
Why are you reading the Daily Mail, you f**ktrumpet?
OR
SWEAR WORD:
Piss
RANDOM OBJECT:
Treacle.
SUGGESTED USAGE:
Tell you what, that BlackDahlia doesn't half talk a load of old piss treacle.
etc.
Hair shorts, meat curtains.
Quote: Lee Henman @ August 8 2009, 2:16 AM BSTI think I've discovered the magic formula for creative expletives. All you have to do is think of two words. The first word is a common swear word. The second is a random object.
Allow me to elucidate.
SWEAR WORD:
F**kRANDOM OBJECT:
TrumpetSUGGESTED USAGE:
Why are you reading the Daily Mail, you f**ktrumpet?OR
SWEAR WORD:
PissRANDOM OBJECT:
Treacle.SUGGESTED USAGE:
Tell you what, that BlackDahlia doesn't half talk a load of old piss treacle.etc.
The latter's not quite so good as the former.
I'm going to go one further though, and suggest that the random object should have no more than 2 .. oh God, I've forgotten the word. Um. SYLLABLE! That's it. No more than 2 syllables. And should also be as simplistic and generalised as possible.
E.g.:
Twat watermelon
Twat melon
(Alright, neither are ace, but you get the point.)
Quote: Aaron @ August 8 2009, 2:51 AM BSTThe latter's not quite so good as the former.
I'm going to go one further though, and suggest that the random object should have no more than 2 .. oh God, I've forgotten the word. Um. SYLLABLE! That's it. No more than 2 syllables. And should also be as simplistic and generalised as possible.
E.g.:
Twat watermelon
Twat melon(Alright, neither are ace, but you get the point.)
Interesting. I'm going to go even FURTHER and suggest that a loose form of rhyming is also important. So for instance you expressed a preference for f**k trumpet over piss treacle. I believe that's because "f**k trumpet" are two words that share the same vowel in the middle, the letter "u". "Piss Treacle" is pleasing because of the hard P and T, but there's no common central vowel that comedically bonds them. By that theory, "Piss Trickle" should be funnier.
What say you, sir?
That's pretty much what I was just thinking, but couldn't work out how to describe. It sounds more 'rounded'. A more natural fit that rolls off the tongue a little easier too, perhaps.
'Jizz wizard' is a good example of the rhyme factor.
There was an edition of In Our Time broadcast on Radio 4 one morning a few years back, where they discussed the history of common swearwords. Apparently, 800 years ago they had some very rude street names, like C**t Lane.
Also, many very offensive words are now innocuous, like 'fiddlesticks'.
IIRC.
Quote: Lee Henman @ August 8 2009, 2:59 AM BSTInteresting. I'm going to go even FURTHER and suggest that a loose form of rhyming is also important. So for instance you expressed a preference for f**k trumpet over piss treacle. I believe that's because "f**k trumpet" are two words that share the same vowel in the middle, the letter "u". "Piss Treacle" is pleasing because of the hard P and T, but there's no common central vowel that comedically bonds them. By that theory, "Piss Trickle" should be funnier.
What say you, sir?
The mystical pisstrickle?
Quote: NoggetFred @ August 8 2009, 7:30 AM BSTThere was an edition of In Our Time broadcast on Radio 4 one morning a few years back, where they discussed the history of common swearwords. Apparently, 800 years ago they had some very rude street names, like C**t Lane.
Prostitutes could often be found in Gropec**t Lane.
Quote: Bad dog @ August 7 2009, 3:39 PM BSTChupacabra!
I am not convinced that is what Roo is thinking of when she uses the term goatsucker.