Most people know swearing allows you to bear pain more easily. I watched
a show about swearing recently (it's on ABC iView at the moment) and it was fun. I did a bit of research, and discovered the following:
- I didn't find any swear words beginning with E, I, O or X.
- "Yed" is (2011) Thai street slang for "fuck".
- "Zabourah" is (2011) Arabic for "penis".
- Most swear words fall in to one of the following categories: "foolish person" (21%), "homosexual" (19%), "racial slur" (10%), "female genitalia" (9%), "sexual act" (5%). Male genitalia is about 3% and feces about 2%. (based on this list).
- Urban Dictionary's april fool's prank was to play random words out through the computer's speakers about once every thirty seconds
I also found an excellent definition:
- "slut: a sexually popular person."
