Crap is as sweary as fuck

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This is an assumption that I have, and DH has just learned but is vehemently opposed to. He thinks crap is LESS sweary than fuck. WTF??!!

My DH family, not DH he’s a sweary twat!

What I can't get my head round is the very religious people who consider even euphemisms for God/Christ etc to be swear words, because everyone knows you are really referring to God and you mustn't take His name in vain. For example

for goodness' sake
jeez or gee
crikey, crumbs
holy mackerel
gadzooks
cor blimey
gosh, golly
heck, darn, blooming

I have to wonder what they DO say when they stub their toe very painfully!

Given how much c*nt is used on here I'm surprised anybody objects to crap

How do people feel about fart? I use it as normally as like wee or poo, not at all rude, my kids use it and I would say it in my class (teacher). But I've got a friend who thinks it is really rude and she is shocked when a child uses it! What do you all think?

Berk is from Berkshire Hunt, rhyming slang allegedly

I have learned Fandan today though....never heard it before, but Urban Dictionary helped me out! :o

Crap isnt a swear word but it's not nice on the ears either.Cunt is the worst swear word imo but the most satisfying one to say if the person you are talking about really is one.

I'd say fart is borderline rude. I've used it in front of dd, even when she was really little and I was very careful with my language. But I wouldn't use it in front of my mum and definitely wouldn't use it in front of my class (primary school teacher).

What I can't get my head round is the very religious people who consider even euphemisms for God/Christ etc to be swear words, because everyone knows you are really referring to God and you mustn't take His name in vain. I get that they don't want to say Oh my God - what I don't get is their need to police everyone else's language, it's a bit arrogant to assume when I say Oh my god - that I'm referring to their god - they need to respect our gods too...and my god doesn't mind how I use their name!

@1066vegan would you say bottom burb then? Or passing wind? Or is it the bodily function that's rude...I've heard of many a teacher attempt to shame kids for farting in their class. I remember my primary 5 teacher going on about it at length, I wish we have been able to say, chill lady - it happens!

@moochew - I think I love you 😄

I'm really knackered
when I was growing up, this was considered to be the referring to being really tired after a good fucking.
So, when I was growing up, it was really quite rude!

There is a set of words which I would consider to be hmm, casual? words and wouldn't use in certain contexts. So as a teacher I wouldn't use them, and I wouldn't use them when talking to parents, or even when teaching adults, as I would consider them to be unprofessional (unless I deliberately used them for effect)

in this list would be crap, fart, damn, bugger, knackered and many others which I can;t think of.

Then there are swear words, which are different eg fuck, cunt, shit.

Interestingly though there are some quite ordinary words which I use with care, (and wouldn't use in the classroom) - stupid and idiot being 2. My kids are not allowed to use stupid, idiot or shut-up.

@steppemum yes that's what I thought knackered meant growing up!

@moochew we're very open and blase about farting at home (me, dp and dd - not growing up in front of my own parents). It's different at school because kids always find them embarrassing, disgusting or hilarious. Sometimes all 3 simultaneously. I don't really use any word for them because whatever word I used would be guaranteed to set at least half a dozen kids giggling and it would take even longer to get things back on track. I tend to say something on the lines of, "It's perfectly natural, you just need to say pardon me or excuse me" in a fairly brisk but bored voice, change the subject and get back to what we should be doing. If the kids manage to ignore a fart then I ignore it too.