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Lawl!
K, here's Spud's take.
In the world of bad swears there is a curve.
At one end of the curve you have the faux swears like "dagnabbit" or "gol'durnit" fer the actual "god damn it".
On the other end you have terms like "cocksucker", "motherfucker", "shit-head", "faggot" and, of course, "101 Chairborne".
The three most offensive words in the English language are as follows...
Fucker, Nigger and Cunt.
The "Eff Bomb", the "N word" and the "C word".
Those three words can and will get you in more trouble any other 3,000 words you can think of.
Particularily the last two.
Spud doesn't really give a fuck about the word fuck and sprinkles it liberally throughout his conversation (as long as there aint kids or ladies about) for effect.
The N word, Spud simply doesn't use cos there is no need to.
The C word Spud only uses to describe guys who are being pests.
"Dude, stop being a total cunt!" kinda thing.
That all sed it's also about intent. When John Lennon sed "Woman is the Nigger of the World" Spud got wot he meant and realised that he wasn't demeaning black folks with that usage but rather using the shock value inherent in that word in order to get people to pay attention to his assertion that women are habitually treated as second class citizens throughout history and throughout the world.
In the main swears are used to greater effect when you don't use 'em every third word or so of every sentence you come out with cos by doing so you are dvaluing their power to create a visceral response in the listener.
In terms of the C word Spud prefers the euphamism "See You Next Tuesday" which is the equivilant of using "B with an itch" fer "Bitch". You get yer point across without anyone trying to kick you savagely and repeatedly in the testicles.
Be Well.
