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Andrew Bitner
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| Posted: 23 September 2019 at 1:29pm | IP Logged | 1
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"Oh, crap" works for Hellboy- it sounds like what he would have picked up from soldiers in the '40s and '50s.
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Mike Norris
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| Posted: 23 September 2019 at 4:41pm | IP Logged | 2
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I've a feeling soldiers are more likely to say "shit".
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Koroush Ghazi
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| Posted: 23 September 2019 at 6:06pm | IP Logged | 3
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John Popa wrote:
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So true. When I'm driving and I get angry, I find myself instinctively pulling out all sorts of non-swear words, like dingbat, wingnut, numpty, maroon, retard (pronounced the Alan way), etc. Sometimes you have to challenge yourself, even when it comes to abusing other motorists. But when I'm feeling too drained to come up with anything creative, the standard fallback is Jesus F Christ.
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Bill Collins
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Koroush, i use retard when driving, along with cretin,
moron and knob head.
Regarding bollocks, if you say something is "the dog`s
bollocks" (Often shortened to "the dog`s") it`s actually
a compliment!
Locally there is a place call Bell End, it always raises
a titter when mentioned on local radio traffic news!
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Pete Carrubba
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I am originally from Brooklyn, NY and I am a Navy Veteran (sailor).
I've had the pleasure of having someone comment that I "curse like a sailor," to which I responded, "I am a sailor."
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John Byrne
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Regarding bollocks, if you say something is "the dog`s bollocks" (Often shortened to "the dog`s") it`s actually a compliment!•• It speaks to the sexual hangups of our society (thank you, Oliver Cromwell!!) that so many of our cuss words are actually things that would be a compliment in the proper context. And so many terms we use casually began as slurs against homosexuals. We are MESSED UP!!
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Koroush Ghazi
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Bill Collins wrote:
| Locally there is a place call Bell End, it always raises a titter when mentioned on local radio traffic news! |
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This sign used to get good laugh from us on road trips, well before it became a meme. Yes it's real, it's from a town called Yass about 50KM north of here:
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