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What do you think is the most offensive word in the English language?

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Originally posted by: Ronstang
Begins with a "C", ends with a "T", and has the UN in the middle?
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Yeah, that word shocks me even in R-rated movies.

The F word is just used too much and is just too diluted to be really offensive.
 
Originally posted by: Goosemaster
non-believer

it attempts to place an entire society above one man or woman
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I don't find the term "non-believer" offensive at all. Do you think that you possibly get beat down for going into a bar in the wrong side of town and yelling "NON-BELIEVERS" at the top of your lungs? Most likely not.
 
Originally posted by: totalcommand
i can't believe you guys think c u*t is worse than ni**er

one's just a body part, the other is a racial slur.
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i still cant believe anyone gives much of a damn over any of them.

or that this thread is still open
 
Originally posted by: DainBramaged
Originally posted by: Goosemaster
non-believer

it attempts to place an entire society above one man or woman
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I don't find the term "non-believer" offensive at all. Do you think that you possibly get beat down for going into a bar in the wrong side of town and yelling "NON-BELIEVERS" at the top of your lungs? Most likely not.
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it's all relative.

C#nt can start a war

n#$$#r can start a riot

non-believer can start a war
 
Originally posted by: totalcommand
i can't believe you guys think c u*t is worse than ni**er

one's just a body part, the other is a racial slur.
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Well, you hear n!gger on the radio and in pop culture, but not so much c*nt.

 
Originally posted by: xSauronx
Originally posted by: totalcommand
i can't believe you guys think c u*t is worse than ni**er

one's just a body part, the other is a racial slur.
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i still cant believe anyone gives much of a damn over any of them.

or that this thread is still open
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I'm sure it's being watched very carefully, but again, as long as the conversation is kept mature, I doubt there will be any problem with it. As mentioned above, this was a question in a college classroom where everyone had to verbalize their answers.
 
I would say the word is "No". People have such a sense of entitlement that telling them no for whatever reason usually pisses them off.
 
Originally posted by: shortspanishguy
Originally posted by: BoomerD
Republicunt...
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heh-heh...come to think of it, I have used that term before...as well as Repugnantcvnt...


Originally posted by: Ronstang
Whatever. Without Republicans who are you going to tax to get all the money for your entitlements?
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Ron, who's paying for it all now? The current "fiscally responsible" party is just borrowing and borrowing, instead of actually raising taxes to pay for their rampant spending...

This is P&N...
 
well you can either go by quality or quantity, if you go by quality, then itll differ from region to region and person to person. so quantity is probably the easiest to find a winner of, which would be "fvck".
 
N*gger trumps c*nt any day. Both are insults; only one has history, and social implications behind it. Also, use of c*nt is directed at one person specifically, and does not necessarily imply the offending user is a mysogynist. Indeed, plenty of women will call another woman a c*nt with out hesitation. However, one use of the word n*gger, while often directed at one person, tends to imply that the user is making a statement about an entire race (they are certainly letting their opinions on the subject known, being that most who aren't racist shy away from the word). Chris Rock proposes a good argument on the topic (yeah, pretty much what Pryor said--I'm referring to the difference between African Americans and n*ggers), but n*gger does have far more behind it thatn c*nt ever will.

As far as these forums though, I would have to agree that "evolution" or "atheist" are the most offensive words 😛
 
Originally posted by: DainBramaged
The word that has the absolute worst connotation to it. There are a lot of them, but what's the one that pisses off the largest amount of people when it's spoken?

Personally, I'd have to go with "n!gger" as the one that has the ability to piss off the greatest amount of people.
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That word only upsets people when it's said by the wrong type of person. If it is used by the "right" type of person it is cool. Which is just as racists as the wrong type of person using the word.
 
I hate cussing in general and wish that I had the will-power to not cuss at all (My team losing ruins it for me sometimes 🙂 ) - Irregardless, I never use any really truly bad language.

But the one word that I never ever speak (even when reading a book) is the n-word. I just find it incredibly degrading. Granted, I have never heard the c-word used regularly nor would I ever use it.

-Kevin
 
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