briantrumpet
Legendary Member
Ah, now there's a cunting plan.
Is calling someone a daffodil offensive?
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Ah, now there's a cunting plan.
monkers
Shaman
Option 4 - it depends on the context.
Option 5 - it depends on the context and whether the offence is deserved.
Option 6 - sometimes the kindest thing is to jolt a person who is persistently nasty or themselves offensive.
Option 7 - it's not my 'go to' word.
Option 8 - I think all people are daffodils and never hold back.
Option 9 - say ''nobody has the right to take offence!''
Option 10 - say ''everybody has the right to free peach innit. I know my rights.''
Option 11 - appoint oneself and forum moderator shortly after arrival.
Option 12 - start at least two new threads about the person that you have convinced yourself said it, though without any evidence.
Option 13 - start a poll to try to harass them into leaving.
Option 14 - sod the poll, I've decided by myself that they must be guilty because they declared a personal characteristic.
Option 15 - raise a posse.
Option 16 - think up something more extreme because I am offended on somebody else's behalf and I can't get it out of my head.
Option 17 - deny that your actual avatar was ever an image of protesters demanding absolute freedom of speech.
Option 5 - it depends on the context and whether the offence is deserved.
Option 6 - sometimes the kindest thing is to jolt a person who is persistently nasty or themselves offensive.
Option 7 - it's not my 'go to' word.
Option 8 - I think all people are daffodils and never hold back.
Option 9 - say ''nobody has the right to take offence!''
Option 10 - say ''everybody has the right to free peach innit. I know my rights.''
Option 11 - appoint oneself and forum moderator shortly after arrival.
Option 12 - start at least two new threads about the person that you have convinced yourself said it, though without any evidence.
Option 13 - start a poll to try to harass them into leaving.
Option 14 - sod the poll, I've decided by myself that they must be guilty because they declared a personal characteristic.
Option 15 - raise a posse.
Option 16 - think up something more extreme because I am offended on somebody else's behalf and I can't get it out of my head.
Option 17 - deny that your actual avatar was ever an image of protesters demanding absolute freedom of speech.
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All uphill
Senior Member
Who are you calling a daffodil, you tulip.
briantrumpet
Legendary Member
Does he get a 'fair usage' exemption?
glasgowcyclist
Veteran
It’s time for some words of wisdom from Billy Connolly on the use of cunt (in Glasgow):
View: https://youtu.be/qdCmFg4xIPI?si=A8bgRwArAEonTbFH&t=1m23s
View: https://youtu.be/qdCmFg4xIPI?si=A8bgRwArAEonTbFH&t=1m23s
mickle
Member
It could be argued that *see you next tuesday* is two words with the same spelling. Like the words jack, jack, jack, jack and jack. And jack.
midlandsgrimpeur
Active Member
I actually find I am now more inclined to use a completely innocuous word in place of a swear word. It kind of has the effect of rendering the recipient slightly dumbstruck as they can't quite work out your intention.
Some examples
You absolute trouser
what a blancmange
what are you doing you handlebar?
It can also have the handy effect of diffusing a situation as the absurdity of it can on occasion cause someone to laugh and you can watch as the anger dissipates.
Some examples
You absolute trouser
what a blancmange
what are you doing you handlebar?
It can also have the handy effect of diffusing a situation as the absurdity of it can on occasion cause someone to laugh and you can watch as the anger dissipates.
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Ianonabike
Regular
There's a speak like a pirate day - is there a speak like a Glaswegian day?
I think most would agree it's about context. In this thread, for example, it's almost de rigueur.
My vote is for blancmange as a new replacement in the swear word database.
briantrumpet
Legendary Member
Not a bad idea, especially when it's the written word. As mentioned upthread, I'm more likely to call a good friend a rude name, not least in person, as you can do it with a smile on your face and using a tone of voice that makes it clear that you (probably) don't really mean it: the insult is one that shows the strength of the friendship, rather than the opposite.
Rusty Nails
Country Member
I must admit to feeling a bit out of place here as my swearing extends to a*sehole in extremis.
Not against others swearing as I would not go out with my mates for a pint or watch TV if I was, but have never been comfortable swearing despite being from a family where a lot of people did and working on building sites when I was young.
Not against others swearing as I would not go out with my mates for a pint or watch TV if I was, but have never been comfortable swearing despite being from a family where a lot of people did and working on building sites when I was young.
briantrumpet
Legendary Member
I'm the opposite - no-one ever ever swore in my family, and there was general buttock clenching if someone swore in a TV programme we were all watching en famille.
I don't swear much, so when I do it has some impact, comical or otherwise.
winjim
Welcome yourself into the new modern crisis
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Ianonabike
Regular
I don't tend to swear in front of strangers. Or friends for that matter. At home, reading something blancmanging ridiculous, on the other hand...
