Strong Language
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Sweary stuff about swearing from a group of linguists, lexicographers, and language lovers. Strong Language blog: https://stronglang.wordpress.com
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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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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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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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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/
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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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.”