What is the worst/most offensive word? (2 Viewers)

What is the worst/most offensive word?

  • "C*nt"

    Votes: 6 31.6%

  • Not "c*nt" - respond in thread, but use asterisks because we are children

    Votes: 13 68.4%
  • Total voters
    19
dennis63 said:
There was a time when cursing at someone was considered an art form. In the days of the American Revolution, it is said that the members of the Continental Congress would insult one another with long, artfully constructed cursing insults, making the members -- and even the recipient of the insults -- laugh. (Something of a twisted form of entertainment.)
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We old farts who studied Latin know that that practice goes back to at least the Roman Senate. :confused:
 
It's been my experience that no particular words carry the weight of sexually slandering the objective's mother.
 
Poker Zombie said:
....Say nothing, stand with your feet together, arms extended out from to the sides, and slowly droop your head.
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Still a favorite, after all these years.
 
pltrgyst said:
We old farts who studied Latin know that that practice goes back to at least the Roman Senate. :confused:
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Yes, and apparently if you gave "the middle finger" to a Roman soldier in times B.C., it meant exactly the same thing it does today.
 
dennis63 said:
Yes, and apparently if you gave "the middle finger" to a Roman soldier in times B.C., it meant exactly the same thing it does today.
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I always thought the middle finger thing was related to medieval times, when the French would cut off the middle finger of English bowmen if they were captured, so those who were in battle would flip the middle finger up to show they still had theirs?
 
grandgnu said:
I always thought the middle finger thing was related to medieval times, when the French would cut off the middle finger of English bowmen if they were captured, so those who were in battle would flip the middle finger up to show they still had theirs?
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That may be true, too, but it predates the Middle Ages. Socrates called giving someone the middle finger "boorish and childish."

Makes me wonder who gave Socrates the middle finger.
 
dennis63 said:
That may be true, too, but it predates the Middle Ages. Socrates called giving someone the middle finger "boorish and childish."

Makes me wonder who gave Socrates the middle finger.
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People always hate the really smart guy, so I'm guessing... nearly everyone.
 
Poker Zombie said:
The question then becomes "what is a perfectly good word"?
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Every word is a perfectly good word. Words should have no intrinsic power.

Poker Zombie said:
If you try to desensitize, for instance, the N-word, you will perhaps erode the power you (or those often around you) think the word has, but outside of those circles, the word will still carry a great deal of offensive value. Comedians like Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock are in a position to make thousands, perhaps millions of people desensitized to the offensive words. That does not mean though, that it not offensive to tens of millions of other people.

Also, I find it interesting that Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock would find young people too politically correct. Seinfield was called out as being racist for his portrayal of a nearly all white New York (his friendship with Michael Richards and his videoed racist rant didn't help), and Chris Rock has a slew of racist humor.

Yes, people can be too sensitive. Thug? Get out of my face. A thug is a violent criminal. Used to describe the violent protesters in Baltimore, it is appropriate - even if you agree that there must be a stand against police brutality. C*nt? I guess that's a little like being called a dick-hole. You're probably not going to find it very nice, but there must be 1 other factor you should look at: the power of someone using the word.

I am a white male. Although I don't wield much power myself, I appear to descend from those who forced slaves to work for them, forced natives off their land so we could have it, went to war with Greeks (who's man on man lifestyle was acceptable at the time), and held crusades, and inquisitions. Many men have beaten women, far fewer women have beaten men. I remember no time when women prevented men from voting. Sex discrimination in voting is less than 100 years old in the US. Gay marriage is still banned in many parts of the civilized world. Sexist slurs, racist slurs, and homophobic slurs aren't just the word, they're the person wielding it. Friends tossing insults at each other i no big deal, because among friends, no-one holds the power.
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I agree with this: racism, sexism, misogyny, homophobia, or hate/intolerance of any kind based on bigotry is repulsive.

I just want to live in a world where ideas and intent are more important than word choice, and like at many things in my life, I work to bend reality to my will rather than the other way around. If more people agreed with me and did the same, The world would be a better place (for at least me).
 
BTW - I was listening to the Gilbert Gotfreid episode of WTF yesterday, and these exact 2 words were part of the discussion. The episode is 3 years old.
 
In my neck of the woods, the word 'faggot' is by far the most derogatory, spiteful, and shameful word that you can use. As always though, context is important.

I had a moment once, while drinking margaritas with friends, I made a joke about the establishment we were in "having the gayest name ever while being in the gayest city in the world(San Francisco)". I was with the girl I was dating, and some other friends who know the type of person I am and understand that there was no vitriol or ill intent towards the gay community intended with my comment. I did however, have a couple of gay men across from us promptly shoot daggers out of their eyes towards me. Oopsie!

Disclaimer: the name of the place is pretty awful.
 
As a bit of a derail, what do we think the most offensive home casino name would be? Prob like Lucky Hitler Card Club or something. Just a thought [emoji4]
 
grandgnu said:
I always thought the middle finger thing was related to medieval times, when the French would cut off the middle finger of English bowmen if they were captured, so those who were in battle would flip the middle finger up to show they still had theirs?
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I don't think that is true, rude gestures exist in lotsa cultures throughout history.

The middle finger is a variant of the V-sign myth re. bowmen

http://old.qi.com/talk/viewtopic.php?p=162614#162614
 
Chicken Rob said:
BTW - I was listening to the Gilbert Gotfreid episode of WTF yesterday, and these exact 2 words were part of the discussion. The episode is 3 years old.
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Another derail but does anyone have an unedited file saved of Gilbert Gottfried's friars club roast of Hugh Hefner. It was pulled due to copyright or otherwise edited. It is the most vile roast of all time and elevated Gilbert to Legend status for his telling of the old classic joke "The Aristocrates". If you don't laugh at this, there is something wrong with you! I would kill to see this again as I watched it live on cable I think. It was just after the 9/11 tragedy.
 
This is the joke but the version here is not the same. Gilbert did a few 9/11 jokes and almost died on stage, then he just figured he had nothing to lose and went friggin nuts. Only a video of the Hefner Friar's Roast has all the other material around this. Jimmy Kimmel and Rob Schneider were also roasters and I thought they were going to piss themselves during the show. The parts impersonating Ice T are friggin' classic.
 
Here is all I could find about it...from reddit...

Here is the apparent sad truth

It was never released! When Gilbert wanted to buy the 10 minute routine; but the price was at $3500 a minute. The Friars Club; later told Gilbert they would give to him for $1500 a minute. Gilbert did not want to spent $15,000 on a 10 minute video, so he never bought it. When the DVD of the roast was finally released; Gilbert was cut down to 4 minutes. To this day; the entire routine has never been seen by the public.

So I guess we will never see or hear Gilbert tell his joke.

I would love to be proven wrong though.

It is sad that such an often referenced bit has been kept from the world. Its not like its a secret he told the joke.
 
Damn that sucks. I can't even remember what roast it was, but there was another roast within the past five years I think, where Gilbert killed it again (not the same joke, just killed it in general).
 
There were a few YouTubers who had it up a few years ago but either the Friar's club or the entertainment company that owns the rights threatened litigation so it was pulled. I wish I would have had the VCR running that night.
 
I don't remember much of the Hoff one. The Roseanne one was surprisingly good. Maybe it was the Pam Anderson roast?
 
it seems kind of inhumanely cruel to also have it printed in comic sans, but i guess once you've gone so far, there's just no holding back.

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O***a

It's not what you think, racists.

Omaha, worst word "dealer choice" can declare, of course.

BiGGyT
 

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