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@stronglang.bsky.social

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Sweary stuff about swearing from a group of linguists, lexicographers, and language lovers. Strong Language blog: stronglang.wordpress.com Skeets by @sesquiotic.bsky.social & @stancarey.bsky.social & @fritinancy.bsky.social

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Strong Language @stronglang.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Helen Mirren: "I was thrown out of quite a few pubs in the old days when women weren’t supposed to be swearing in pubs." www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/mob... Archived: archive.is/GavBj

'“Oh, my God! Every other word is the c-word or the f-word.” Mirren, now 81, is a woman of the world but is she even slightly uncomfortable using the c-word so often? “I don’t have an issue with it at all,” she says cheerfully. “I’m an actor. I was thrown out of quite a few pubs in the old days when women weren’t supposed to be swearing in pubs.”'

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Strong Language @stronglang.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Crimes of Passion (dir. Ken Russell, 1984)

Image from the opening credits of the film Crimes of Passion:
Director of Photography_____ DICK BUSH
Text is white, then red, on black background.

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Strong Language @stronglang.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Reposting with alt text

Screenshot from Reddit page r/PetsWithButtons, user Pamlwell:
My cat has started to use “vacuum” as a curse word.
Basically the title. | gave him a “vacuum” button because the vacuum is stressful for him and I wanted to be able to clearly communicate that the
vacuum was going to happen and let him know “vacuum all done.” He definitely knows what it means because when the vacuum is running he
will push “vacuum” repeatedly and also add “nervous” in there too. But now he has started spamming vacuum after I tell him no, like he is using it as a curse word. For example, he will ask for “snackie” when we JUST got done with
snackie and I will say “snackie all done" and then he will go spam the vacuum button. Yeah, ok bud, I hear you loud and clear that you feel "vacuum" about “snackie all done.” Or he snuck a lick from the end of my spicy curry dish (I did not authorize this, | looked away for ONE second), I could tell he regretted this (spicy), and then he went and pressed “snackie vacuum.” Yeah, ok bud, that snackie made your mouth feel “vacuum”.
I don’t know what I'm asking really, just commiserating. I guess maybe he needs a "mad" button?

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Strong Language @stronglang.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Sweary cartoon by Graeme Keyes, with nice use of grawlixes/obscenicons

Single-frame, black and white cartoon showing an angry crowd at the Ryder Cup, which a sign calls "Derider Cup". They're waving U.S. flags and shouting profanities, shown as "F**k you!...", "@★!*", "@★💀! fatso", and "☠".

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Strong Language @stronglang.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

FTA: Sweary maps 2: Swear harder. @stancarey.bsky.social presents @jwgrieve.bsky.social's heat maps of swearword use in the USA stronglang.wordpress.com/2016/03/22/s... #maps

Heat map of the USA for the word "fuck". It's deep red all along the east and west coasts and the southern border states. Deep blue inland, and mixed (yellow, light blue) along the border with Canada.

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Strong Language @stronglang.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

"Fabian Hurzeler has revealed the X-rated English expression which has raised German eyebrows after his crash course in changing-room chat." The Brighton Argus, however, will not reveal that expression to its readers 🙄 www.theargus.co.uk/sport/252278...