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The document contains a list of swear words and insults categorized from minor to major, examples of what someone might say when angry in different situations, exercises replacing milder words with swear words in conversations, and questions for pair discussion around swearing habits and acceptability.

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Swear Words

The document contains a list of swear words and insults categorized from minor to major, examples of what someone might say when angry in different situations, exercises replacing milder words with swear words in conversations, and questions for pair discussion around swearing habits and acceptability.

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SWEAR WORDS

1. Look at the swear words and insults below. Classify them into categories (from minor to major
insults).

Screw you Shit Moron Bullshit Jerk Bloody Crap Damn (goddamn)
Cow Fuck you Dickhead Cock Ass Son of a bitch Whore Prick
Pig Shut up! Dork Hell What the hell! Pussy What the fuck Shitty
Dumbass Jackass Screw Balls (Bollocks) Pissed off Dick Fucker
Beaver Slut White trash Fuck Sissy Fucking Fuck yeah! tits
I don’t give a fuck! Fuck off Motherfucking Nigger Faggot (fag) Cunt
Bastard Scumbag Shithead (-faced) Asshole Hoe Screw up Dyke
I don’t give a shit! Scum Cocksucker Piece of shit Shithole Fuck sth up
Bitch Retarded Motherfucker I don’t give a damn

Minor expressions Medium Major swear words


Shut up! Moron Faggot
Hell Bitch Dyke
Pig Screw you White trash
Cow Asshole Nigger
Screw up I don’t give a damn Cocksucker
Shit I don’t give a fuck Whore
Pissed of I don’t give a shit
Damn Piece of shit
What the hell Bastard
What the fuck Son of a bitch
Ass Slut
Fuck Shitty
Fuck yeah! Dork
Bitch Retarder
Dick
Cunt
Fuck you

2. What would you say in the following situations if you were angry?
1      Someone tells you that you are ugly.
2      You get home and find your partner cheating on you with another person.
3      You step in dog poop.
4      Someone phones you at 6 AM to sell you something.
5      You lock your car keys in your car.
3. Replace the underline expressions with a swear word.
1. A: Excuse me. Would you like to purchase a subscription to Celebrity Gossip Magazine?
B: Go away!
2. A: The clerk at the store was so rude.
B: I know. She was such a girl with a bad attitude.

3. A: David, you’re fired. Please clean out your desk and go home.

B: Oh no, my life is over. I just bought a house.

4. A: What is happening? Why is there a car in my driveway?

B: Weird. I don’t know.

5. A: Erin, do you want to dance?

B: No, thanks. I am really bad at dancing.

6. A: Mike, the dog has run away again!


B: Who cares! The dog will come back if it wants to.

4. Complete the following dialogue using bad words that make sense considering the context. At
the end, complete each speaker’s missing lines using some more swear words.

Paula: Dude, I need some ___________ money to go out tonight with Tom. Would you lend me
some bucks?
Carl: You are hanging out with that ___________ again? You are a(n) _____________!
P: That’s ______________! C’mon dude! Don’t be such a _____________! He has changed! I
know you were so ______________ when he left me, but man… we all deserve a second
opportunity, don’t we?
C: What the _______________ should I know? I guess you are right but if he ______________
again, I will beat the ________ out of him for being such a ________________.
P: Alright, alright! Calm the ____________ down, _________________. Are you going to lend
me the money?
Carl:
Paula:

Carl:

Paula:

5. Pair-work: discuss the following questions:


- How often and on what occasions do you swear in your own language? Which swear words do
you tend to use (find the English equivalent to what you say in your own language)?
- When / where do people swear the most?
- Do you normally try to avoid swearing or do you swear whenever you feel like?
- Is it possible never to use swear words?
- How much swearing is there on the TV in your country? Do you think swearing on TV and in
films should be censored?
- Why is it not a good idea to swear in a language that you don’t have a very good command of?
- Who swears most: men or women?
- How shocked are you when you hear somebody swear? Is there any person you dislike because
of how much they swear?

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