Anti-swearing law

[Bruce Dykes]

-----Original Message-----
From: Lynne Murphy <lynnem at COGS.SUSX.AC.UK>
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Date: Friday, February 18, 2000 7:58 AM
Subject: Re: Anti-swearing law


>> "Microsoft", "Windows",  and "Bill Gates" are very  high on my list of
>> swear words today.  I'm enough of an optimist to believe that those
>> words aren't candidates for permanent swearhood: Windows won't go on
>> forever, will it?
>
>It disturbs me to think of this as swearing.
>
>Swearing is taking God's name in vain.
>"Bill Gates" is a name used in swearing.
>Ergo, Bill Gates is God?!


That would belong to the "Judas priest" family of curses...

What names do we have curses/swear words?

For starters:
oaths, curses, swears/swearing/swear words, cussing/cusses/cuss
words...anything else?

As far as types of swear words, we have:

Biological:
body parts
bodily functions

Religious:
third commandment
profanity