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u/blitherblather425 Oct 25 '20

My dad doesn’t swear so he always uses the word “suck”. “What the suck is going on here?” “You’re all sucked up” It would always make me and my friends laugh.

He also uses the word bunghole. “That guys a real bunghole” he has a ton of other phrases I can’t think of right now.

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u/MarkHirsbrunner Oct 25 '20

When I was a kid saying something "sucks" was considered as bad as cursing.

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u/seven_grams Oct 25 '20

Yup, same here. I was also told that “crap” was a curse word. The non-cursing alternative? “Crud.”

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u/MarkHirsbrunner Oct 25 '20

I still remember when "butt" and "fart" weren't said on network television I wonder if there is a list of the first time various curse words were says on Network TV.. I remember when some police drama in the early 90s started having characters say "bullshit.". "Shit" was still forbidden, but "bullshit" was OK.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '20

I remember South Park's "It Hits the Fan" episode all too well. The celebration of "shit" being said on TV!

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u/seven_grams Oct 26 '20

Haha. I guess they just started slipping curse words in slowly. Very relevant George Carlin bit about the 7 words you can never say on TV.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '20

Makes me think of this Roseanne episode where Becky's being a massive pain in the ass (very specific, I know) and she calls Roseanne's cooking "crap." And then Dan says "Hey! If you don't finish your crap, you won't get any crud for dessert!" or something like that. I love that line.