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Can you Effin Swear On Mumsnet?

138 replies

fio2 · 10/09/2004 06:40

Or is it not tolerated?

I didnt think it mattered but ks said I shouldnt write fuck I should write f**k instead

I mean I know its a parenting site but the children cant hear can they? Or is it tolerated on some parts of the site and not others? Or on some threads and not others? iykwim

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jampot · 12/09/2004 08:48

I had Rogers Profanisaurus - it made me howl

suzywong · 12/09/2004 05:26

My Aboriginal friends' kids call it 'Gumbudge'

Are we still going on this or is it back to umbridge and affrontery?

fiorocious · 11/09/2004 20:13

Very funny JJ.

JJ · 11/09/2004 20:07

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fiorocious · 11/09/2004 20:01

I really do not think swearing is appropriate on a parenting website, although I can understand why you may use it in the chat section.

anorak · 11/09/2004 19:50

I'm sitting her pmsl at all the euphemisms I dare not post

NomDePlume · 11/09/2004 19:47
Grin
anorak · 11/09/2004 19:45

etch-a-sketch...to attempt to draw a smile on a woman's face by simultaneously twillding both of her nipples (finding radio Luxembourg, come in Tokyo)

Name your euphemism and I'll find it.

NomDePlume · 11/09/2004 19:41

FWIW, Discordia. I don't swear in front of my kids (ok, maybe the odd 'bloody' or bugger' slips out in the car), and I do mostly use asterisks if I'm swearing on here.

NomDePlume · 11/09/2004 19:39

PSML, keep 'em coming anorak !

anorak · 11/09/2004 19:37

sorry, face, not facr

anorak · 11/09/2004 19:37

One of my favourites from Roger's Profanisauras was 'bobfoc'. It means 'body off baywatch, facr off crimewatch'.

And I loved 'bacne' - the spots you get on your back.

Want some more?

JJ · 11/09/2004 19:32

discordia, I swear, but I have little 'uns and I never considered that. Thanks for that. (Really, I never had thought about that.)

I might in the chat threads, though, late at night. I'm assuming that no one reads the next day. Let me know if you do!

jampot · 11/09/2004 19:27

Isn;t that what "mrs Brown" referred to hers as whilst shagging the gardener

NomDePlume · 11/09/2004 19:25

ROFL @ Spadger & Ladygarden (actually think that ones quite sweet)

discordia · 11/09/2004 18:40

Have only skimmed thru this thread. Just a small point: older kids can read and might well be reading threads over mum's shoulder (mine do!) so I appreciate it when people use either abbreviations (ffs, etc) or asterisks. This might sound prudish but I have never sworn in front of my kids and none of their grandparents swear and I like it that way - I hate to hear expletives coming from the mouths of little children. Actually, excessive use of expletives is annoying coming from anyone's mouth - it's just unimaginative and lazy and can be offensive.

JuniperDewdrop · 11/09/2004 17:34

it's also called haddock pastie on that list, I'm totally offended

anorak · 11/09/2004 17:29

fish box
ladygarden
spadger
Sir Anthony
bearded clam
mott
minge

anorak · 11/09/2004 17:18

I have a copy in front of me and will post some examples shortly....

anorak · 11/09/2004 17:13

Have you not read Viz's 'Roger's Profanisaurus'?

JanH · 11/09/2004 17:13

SOUPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SoupDragon · 11/09/2004 17:12

! or rather (!)

JanH · 11/09/2004 17:10

18th century - rattle bollocks!

SoupDragon · 11/09/2004 17:09

pink velvet sausage wallet !!! pmsl

JuniperDewdrop · 11/09/2004 17:07

I'm gobsmacked at that list!!! Eternal wound??? Jack straw's palace?? I DON'T THINK SO!!

My fave is pink velvet sausage wallet