TABOO WORDS MEANING SWEARWORDS A/ Exclamations of annoyance • Bloody! • Blast it! • Bugger it! • Sod it! • Christ • Fuck it! • Damn (it)! • Hell! • My God! • Jesus Christ! • Jesus! • God damn it! • God! • Shit! B/ Exclamation of surprise • God ! • My God! • Jesus! • Jesus Christ! • God damn (it)! • Well! I’ll be damned! • Damn me! • Bugger me! • Fuck me! • Well! I’m buggered ! (I’d be buggered!) • Bugger me! • Sod me! • Well, I’m damned! C/ Surprised questions • What the hell…? Who? Where/How/ Why/ When the hell…? • What the fuck …? Who/ Where/When/Why the fuck …? D/ Insult (noun) • Prick • Fucker • Cunt • Bugger • Shit • Wanker • Bastard • Sod • Asshole E/ insult (imperative verb + object) • Damn… • Bugger… • Blast … • Sod …
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Fuck … Screw … Insulting question to go away Fuck off! Piss off! Bugger off! Sod off! G/ Expressions of unconcern I don’t give a damn! I don’t give a shit! I don’t give a fuck! I don’t give a bugger! H/ Violent refusals I’ll be damned if I will! I’ll be fucked if I will! I’ll be buggered If I will! Stuff it! Get stuffed! I/ Expression of defiance Balls! Balls to …! Bollocks ! J/ Intensifying adjectives/ adverbs Damn(ed) God dam Blasted Bloody Sod ding Bleeding Fucking