The Glade 4.0

I've always heard foreigners use the term "bugger" when we would normally say an expletive but it always seemed as mild as someone saying 'oh poo.'
Just read this article http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33621048/ns/us_news-weird_news/ and they use the term 'buggery' which I assume means horse 'bleep'-ing from its context.
Huh. I wonder what other words I never knew the meaning to.

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

Buggery generally means sodomy.

Not necessarily with horses. Just in general.

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Holy shitsnacks!

Yeah, it's interesting what constitutes a really bad swear in one country isn't so bad in another.

In germany, don't ever call someone a "pig dog" in the native language. It's about as bad as you can possibly get.

In England, don't ever make compliments on a woman's "fanny" (completely different level of meaning and vulgarity).

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*giggle*

I was visiting my mom in England when I was about 12 and got to be in the bar when she complained "I've been on this barstool all day and my fanny's near worn out!"

Look up "shag." We use it in a movie title, in England it's on the same level as "****."

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Not when I was there it wasn't. It's stonger than 'bang' or 'bone, but not all the way to 'f***'. 'Shag' is to 'f***' as 'crap' is to 's***'. Neither is something you'll say around your grandmother, but there's a difference. They also use 'The C Word' there a lot more freely.

What about the word 'bloody' as an expletive?
And what about expletives from other countries like Canada or Australia?
Just curious.

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

The notion of "fanny" being jaw-droppingly vulgar is particularly funny to me. It was my grandmother's given name. (Well, Fannie) How awkward would that be?

I can see it now:
Hotel clerk: "You have a reservation? Fannie: "Yes."
Hotel clerk: "What's the name?"
Fannie: "Fannie Jones."
Hotel clerk (glancing around, in a hushed voice): "Uh.. Perhaps you should pick a nickname for the duration of your stay. 'Marge' is such a nice name, isn't it?"

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Ah, OK, I was under the impression it was a bit stronger than that. Where's Sui, that shagger?!

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This cold and dark tormented hell
Is all I`ll ever know
So when you get to heaven
May the devil be the judge

So what does fanny mean over there? Why is it so bad?

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Ron Paul 2012

Think "pussycat" without the "cat"... Then load it with the vulgarity level of the c- word

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Women are from Hoboken, men are from Trenton. ~ Jimmy Kimmel

That gives a certain Queen song a whole different twist.....
...and like Kaffis, really makes ya wonder what to do if your name is Fanny?

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

Big-Fannied girls? lol

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Ron Paul 2012

Left alone with big fat Fanny
she was such a naughty nanny
you big woman
you made a bad boy outta me

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

Bloody is from 'God's blood', IIRC.

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When he's underwater does he get wet? Or does the water get him instead?

French swearing is a bit different. Most of the focus seems to be on profaning Church symbols, instead of bodily functions. Maybe the British "bloody" is a bit of that sort of stuff that got left behind from the Norman conquest (when the lords spoke French, and the peasants spoke English) or something.

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Women are from Hoboken, men are from Trenton. ~ Jimmy Kimmel

Fanny is nowhere near the level of the C word. It means the same thing, but its like tush is to ***.

And as for the other, a gent never tells ;-p