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Religion taboo word
damn • blast • (BrE)
meaning
condemn to hell (rare in literal sense; mainly used as swearword)
strike with divine punishment (rare in literal sense; mainly used as swearword)
hell •
(Damn, blast and hell have lost most of their strength, and are scarcely
regarded as swearwords by most people in modem English.)
God • Jesus ••
Christ ••
Parts of the body
taboo word arse •••
(AmE ass ••) arsehole •••
(AmE asshole ••) balls •••
bollocks ••• (BrE) cock •••
dick··· prick ••• tits ••• cunt •••• twat •••
Sexual activity
taboo word fuck •••
wank •••
meaning
bottom, buttocks, anus
anus
testicles
testicles
penis
penis
penis
breasts
woman's sex organs woman's sex organs (rare)
meaning
have sex (with)
masturbate (have sex with oneself)
have anal intercourse with a person or animal; person who does so (rare in literal sense) reach a sexual climax (orgasm)
homosexual (abbreviation of sodomite; rare in literal sense)
female dog; earlier used for 'immoral' woman prostitute
child of unmarried parents
meaning
urine; urinate
excrement; defecate
excrement; defecate
let digestive gas out from the anus
(AmE jerk off •••) bugger ••• (BrE)
come •• sod •• (BrE)
bitch ••• whore •• bastard ••
Lavatory
taboo word piss •••
shit ••• crap •• fart ••
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