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Thoughts on swear words
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Ok so since the whole idea behind this language is like, "things that make sense to me" I wanted to talk about swear words. In a similar way to how language itself only means stuff because we all agree it does, bad words are only "bad" because we decided so. And yeah, I get that certain concepts are best not discussed in polite company and things, but just the concept of like, "well, you're allowed to say this word for excrement but NOT that word for excrement" is kinda funny. All this to say, I'm adding swear words because they're useful, and honestly when used correctly add a lot of comedic effect, but whether or not they mean rude/crude things can stay ambiguous. I'm aligning them with English swear words according to Badness (i.e. fuck is generally considered a Really BadTM swear word, like it can only be said once in a pg13 movie and stuff like that). I think that having bad words that are there just to be Bad and they don't mean anything else is also a funny concept. Obviously English does have things like "frick" or whatever that's a nonsense word used as an interjection, but that doesn't carry the same weight as swearing at all. These words, for all intents and purposes, are swear words with the same weight that their approximate counterparts carry in English, but not necessarily with the same meaning.
Side note, I think that the word for death could be used as an additional swear word. It's got some harsh sounds to it, seems like it could be said when you're angry right? And telling someone "die" instead of "fuck off" or whatever seems fitting enough, although admittedly pretty harsh.
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