Swering Vs. concequences

[Marburg]

Id agree when its "proper" swear words like the "Dreaded" F-Word. But for example if it wasn't for the fear of getting sanctioned id proberly at some time say something like "sh#t that was a close one" which i personaly wouldn't class as swearing at all.

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English sh*t / sh *t / vulgar slang v. ( sh*tting ; past and past part. sh*tted or sh*t or s*at / s* at / ) [ intr. ] expel feces from the body

regardless of how you personally view the word, it is considered universally vulgar & it doesn't really matter if they say it on TV after a certian time. pick a replacement to type in while on the server.

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Thats not a swear word. Its the exact same meaning as "Crap" which is definatly socialy acceptable(See www.dictionary.com for definitions, they both mean the same thing).

I went specifically to dictionary.com... & Stucuk? ... I recomend that you look closer @ the definitions of both. The key distinction is, that according to that specific site 'crap' is considered 'sometimes vulgar' whereas Sh*t is simply considered 'vulgar'. ::

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