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Sweary stuff about swearing from a group of linguists, lexicographers, and language lovers. Strong Language blog: https://stronglang.wordpress.com
Skeets by @sesquiotic.bsky.social & @stancarey.bsky.social
Skeets by @sesquiotic.bsky.social & @stancarey.bsky.social
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Check out the Strong Language blog posts about the Slow Horses' major-league sweariness. He delves into Herron's books, but the TV show does a pretty great job of bringing the books to life, including that aspect.
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stronglang.wordpress.com/2025/07/09/e... with two other posts after this one.
Espionage Novels That Give a Fuck about Profanity
A couple of years ago, people I know were talking about the Apple TV series Slow Horses, the television version of Mick Herron’s Slough House novels. I love espionage novels, and I like espionage t…
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December 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Check out the Strong Language blog posts about the Slow Horses' major-league sweariness. He delves into Herron's books, but the TV show does a pretty great job of bringing the books to life, including that aspect.
stronglang.wordpress.com/2025/07/09/e... with two other posts after this one.
stronglang.wordpress.com/2025/07/09/e... with two other posts after this one.
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Here's one for the @stronglang.bsky.social mixtape www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7Em...
Lambrini Girls feat. Peaches - Cuntology 101 (Peaches Remix)
YouTube video by Lambrini Girls
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January 25, 2026 at 6:57 AM
Here's one for the @stronglang.bsky.social mixtape www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7Em...
Can you freaking believe that "freaking" is almost 100 years old? @stancarey.bsky.social salutes a popular euphemism:
stronglang.wordpress.com/2026/01/22/a... #swearing
stronglang.wordpress.com/2026/01/22/a... #swearing
Another freaking f-word
I never fully adopted freaking as an intensifier, euphemistic for fucking, partly because I swear fairly freely, and maybe also because fecking was available in my Irish English dialect. But I like…
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January 23, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Can you freaking believe that "freaking" is almost 100 years old? @stancarey.bsky.social salutes a popular euphemism:
stronglang.wordpress.com/2026/01/22/a... #swearing
stronglang.wordpress.com/2026/01/22/a... #swearing
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Back in my young and foolish ESOL teaching days, I developed a lesson on the grammar and semantics of swearing. I still think it was probably the most useful lesson I taught but oddly enough I only managed to deliver it once
January 23, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Back in my young and foolish ESOL teaching days, I developed a lesson on the grammar and semantics of swearing. I still think it was probably the most useful lesson I taught but oddly enough I only managed to deliver it once
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Another freaking f-word. New post for @stronglang.bsky.social about "freaking" as a euphemistic intensifier: stronglang.wordpress.com/2026/01/22/a... 🐦🐦
Another freaking f-word
I never fully adopted freaking as an intensifier, euphemistic for fucking, partly because I swear fairly freely, and maybe also because fecking was available in my Irish English dialect. But I like…
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January 22, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Another freaking f-word. New post for @stronglang.bsky.social about "freaking" as a euphemistic intensifier: stronglang.wordpress.com/2026/01/22/a... 🐦🐦
FTA: quant à Shakespeare, @mashedradish.bsky.social n'en a rien à foutre stronglang.wordpress.com/2016/02/05/p...
Pardon my French: Lewd language lessons in Henry V
In terms of plot, Shakespeare’s The Life of Henry the Fifth (Henry V) is fairly straightforward: invading France after making a claim on French territories, a vastly outnumbered King Henry (Harry) …
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January 17, 2026 at 4:07 PM
FTA: quant à Shakespeare, @mashedradish.bsky.social n'en a rien à foutre stronglang.wordpress.com/2016/02/05/p...
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I've been on @stronglang.bsky.social's AF/as fuck beat for quite a while now.
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as fuck – Strong Language
Posts about as fuck written by Nancy Friedman and lalonde
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December 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I've been on @stronglang.bsky.social's AF/as fuck beat for quite a while now.
stronglang.wordpress.com/tag/as-fuck/
stronglang.wordpress.com/tag/as-fuck/
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John McWhorter on "FAFO," with a shout-out to @jessesword.com. | cc @stronglang.bsky.social messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/dynamic/rend...
When four-letter words are the mature option
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January 8, 2026 at 4:45 PM
John McWhorter on "FAFO," with a shout-out to @jessesword.com. | cc @stronglang.bsky.social messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/dynamic/rend...
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CNN graphics put the asterisk in the wrong place, it appears…
January 8, 2026 at 2:24 AM
CNN graphics put the asterisk in the wrong place, it appears…
This censorship malarkey is fuck*d
CNN graphics put the asterisk in the wrong place, it appears…
January 8, 2026 at 1:35 PM
This censorship malarkey is fuck*d
FTA: @ivacheung.com asks "What in the very specific fuck?" stronglang.wordpress.com/2016/01/29/w...
When fucks get real
What the fuck has become so commonplace that, as our own Nancy Friedman pointed out, marketers are no longer shy about alluding to it. But its ubiquity has meant a loss of its former power, and we’…
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January 5, 2026 at 2:02 PM
FTA: @ivacheung.com asks "What in the very specific fuck?" stronglang.wordpress.com/2016/01/29/w...
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With apologies, but...
Shite Christmas
Shite Christmas
Ruin a movie by changing or adding one letter, holiday edition. 🎄👀
December 22, 2025 at 9:35 AM
With apologies, but...
Shite Christmas
Shite Christmas
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"Even as the F-word has proliferated on smaller screens, a rule from the 1980s that limits its use in PG-13 movies has endured, influencing the way some filmmakers write, shoot and edit." | cc @stronglang.bsky.social
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The Filthy Word That Filmmakers Swear By (Gift Article)
How directors and writers striving for a PG-13 rating have learned to ration the use of a four-letter obscenity.
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December 20, 2025 at 1:18 AM
"Even as the F-word has proliferated on smaller screens, a rule from the 1980s that limits its use in PG-13 movies has endured, influencing the way some filmmakers write, shoot and edit." | cc @stronglang.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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FTA: @fritinancy.bsky.social talks about fcuking branding stronglang.wordpress.com/2016/01/27/w...
What the not-quite-fuck?
How the fuck did what the fuck become acceptable — nay, desirable — as a template for business names and ad campaigns? The obvious rhymes, the winking allusions, the no-apologies acronyms: It’s a W…
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December 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
FTA: @fritinancy.bsky.social talks about fcuking branding stronglang.wordpress.com/2016/01/27/w...
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Swearing makes you stronger!
Richard Stevens (of the "swearing makes you more resistant to pain" study) is back, with a study showing that swearing helps you release your inhibitions and give it your all.
Attn @stronglang.bsky.social
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
Richard Stevens (of the "swearing makes you more resistant to pain" study) is back, with a study showing that swearing helps you release your inhibitions and give it your all.
Attn @stronglang.bsky.social
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
APA PsycNet
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December 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Swearing makes you stronger!
Richard Stevens (of the "swearing makes you more resistant to pain" study) is back, with a study showing that swearing helps you release your inhibitions and give it your all.
Attn @stronglang.bsky.social
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
Richard Stevens (of the "swearing makes you more resistant to pain" study) is back, with a study showing that swearing helps you release your inhibitions and give it your all.
Attn @stronglang.bsky.social
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
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you should be allowed tell one person to fuck off each day without them getting mad
December 18, 2025 at 10:44 AM
you should be allowed tell one person to fuck off each day without them getting mad
FTA: A guest post from Karyl Krug. FUBAR? FIGMO. Fox Oscar. stronglang.wordpress.com/2016/01/15/i...
If you can’t fly it, fuck it, or eat it, piss on it
A guest post by Karyl Krug, MA, JD, Esq. Ever since the publication of Tom Wolfe’s book The Right Stuff, people the world over have thought that “screw the pooch” is a phrase commonly used by Ameri…
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December 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
FTA: A guest post from Karyl Krug. FUBAR? FIGMO. Fox Oscar. stronglang.wordpress.com/2016/01/15/i...
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A colloquial Russian equivalent to “mind your own business” is тебя не ебут, ты не подмахивай. It means “you’re not getting fucked, so don’t wiggle your ass.”
December 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
A colloquial Russian equivalent to “mind your own business” is тебя не ебут, ты не подмахивай. It means “you’re not getting fucked, so don’t wiggle your ass.”
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bank statement..Jaysis. If I ever go for a loan, I’ll have some job explaining that’s a charity shop and nothing more..
December 15, 2025 at 8:28 PM
bank statement..Jaysis. If I ever go for a loan, I’ll have some job explaining that’s a charity shop and nothing more..
FTA: @mashedradish.bsky.social tells us what it sounds like when fucks fly stronglang.wordpress.com/2016/01/13/w...
When fucks fly
What exactly is a flying fuck? And why does this fuck fly? Flying fuck enjoys many fun literal interpretations. Gadget-heads might like the remote-controlled helicopter featured above, craftier fol…
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December 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
FTA: @mashedradish.bsky.social tells us what it sounds like when fucks fly stronglang.wordpress.com/2016/01/13/w...
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STILL NOT SURE if I can somehow wear this to last work day before Christmas
December 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
STILL NOT SURE if I can somehow wear this to last work day before Christmas
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Swearing & Christmas, there's no better combo 🤬🙃 Join us for the last ISLE Online forum of the year with Kate Burridge, Kristy Beers Fägersten & Karyn Stapleton on Friday (Dec 12), 10am CET. Zoom link available here: www.isle-linguistics.org/activities/o... #ISLE #EnglishLinguistics #Linguistics
December 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Swearing & Christmas, there's no better combo 🤬🙃 Join us for the last ISLE Online forum of the year with Kate Burridge, Kristy Beers Fägersten & Karyn Stapleton on Friday (Dec 12), 10am CET. Zoom link available here: www.isle-linguistics.org/activities/o... #ISLE #EnglishLinguistics #Linguistics
FTA: A decade ago, @fritinancy.bsky.social looked back at a sweary good year stronglang.wordpress.com/2016/01/09/a...
A very good year for swears
On January 8, attendees at the American Dialect Society’s annual meeting, in Washington, D.C., selected they — a “gender-neutral singular pronoun for a known person, as a non-binary identifie…
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December 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
FTA: A decade ago, @fritinancy.bsky.social looked back at a sweary good year stronglang.wordpress.com/2016/01/09/a...
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How would you define the difference between bullshit and horseshit?
December 9, 2025 at 9:10 AM
How would you define the difference between bullshit and horseshit?