How many swear words can you think of in a minute?

[Quixote1818]

Swearing Is Actually a Sign of More Intelligence - Not Less - Say Scientists
RICHARD STEPHENS, THE CONVERSATION2 FEB 2017
The use of obscene or taboo language - or swearing, as it’s more commonly known - is often seen as a sign that the speaker lacks vocabulary, cannot express themselves in a less offensive way, or even lacks intelligence.

Studies have shown, however, that swearing may in fact display a more, rather than less, intelligent use of language.

While swearing can become a habit, we choose to swear in different contexts and for different purposes: for linguistic effect, to convey emotion, for laughs, or perhaps even to be deliberately nasty.

Psychologists interested in when and why people swear try to look past the stereotype that swearing is the language of the unintelligent and illiterate.

In fact, a study by psychologists from Marist College found links between how fluent a person is in the English language and how fluent they are in swearing.

The former - verbal fluency - can be measured by asking volunteers to think of as many words beginning with a certain letter of the alphabet as they can in 1 minute.

More: https://www.sciencealert.com/swearing-is-a-sign-of-more-intelligence-not-less-say-scientists

[rampartc]

1. i am a recovering sailor if you need any translation

my wife likes when i talk nautical to her.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

3. Yes, NAVY-ese can be quite colorful and creative.

And you are NOT recovering. You can take the Sailor out of the NAVY, but you cannot take the NAVY out of the Sailor.

Trust me. I come from a military family. My father was USMC. He had five children. Four of us went into the military. You should hear the conversations at family reunions !

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. That's probably true if you can swear in a variety of ways, but

if the only swear word you use is "fuck," your vocabulary may be lacking. If I am angry at you and say "Fuck you!" I've made it obvious that I'm angry, but if I say "Your mother sucks donkey dicks in Hell!" you will know that I am imaginatively angry.

[TygrBright]

4. First you have to DEFINE what is a swear word. Does "poltroon" qualify?

How about "poopyhead"?

I think we can all agree on c***s***er, but what about "asscracklicker?"

What about "Hellbound Pondspawn?"

DEFINE YOUR TERMS, people!

This could be a fun discussion...

amusedly,
Bright

[LakeArenal]

5. Not knowing if words like prick, bitch, or dickwad are swears

I had 13.

[GemDigger]

6. I have the longest string string of swear words EVER

It is so bad I will not repeat it except for the first word... You (#### #######, ###### #######, ##########, ###### #####, ##### mastard #######, orangutan orange, ##### ####, ### ## # #####,on a ##### roll!)

[mitch96]

7. I like Geo Carlins TV deadly 7, S, F, P, D, MF and T's

Foreign swearing is fun too.. The one I always liked was..
May the fleas of 1000 camels reside in your crotch!!! Sometimes you don't have to use profanity.
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[Doc_Technical]

8. One of my few talents

is the ability to swear out loud in Spoonerisms.