2026-07-23 20:25 UTC
So much profanity in English falls into one of three categories:
1) Gendered
2) Speciesist
3) Ableist
What are your favourite alternatives?
CW your replies! 🫣
Replies (5)
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@MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social 2026-07-23 20:49
@syhr@mastodon.art I don't like "Hit dogs gonna holler" so I substitute in whichever group of bad people I'm talking about, e.g. "Hit Nazis gonna holler."
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@storm@swingset.social 2026-07-23 21:24
@syhr@mastodon.art Asshat. As in "About as useful as a hat for your ass" Fuckwaffle is also pretty good
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@syhr@mastodon.art 2026-07-23 20:30
@welshpixie@mastodon.art for some odd reason I feel like you have a good selection of insults hidden away
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@afewbugs@social.coop 2026-07-23 20:31
@syhr@mastodon.art I'm too old to get away with it myself, but I like that The Youth™️ have started calling each other wetwipes. Smeared with bodily fluids and contributing to plastic pollution is a pretty good insult imo
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@bstacey@icosahedron.website 2026-07-23 20:39
@syhr@mastodon.art "smeghead"