is shaft a bad word?
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shaft noun (UNFAIR TREATMENT) bad or unfair treatment: Corporations pay almost nothing while taxpayers get the shaft.
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verb (used with or without object) to make or become worse.
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Feel free to share this chart as an educational resource, but keep in mind that yeet isn't recognized as a word by Webster's Dictionary yet. Its definition may change over time, and educators may frown on the word the same way that they spent a century frowning down on “ain't” or “y'all.”
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A Word About “Bad” Words “Feck” may sound like profanity, but the interjection is generally used as another way of saying “very” or “extremely.” ... If you carry your belongings in a bag around your waist, do not refer to it as a fanny pack, as the Irish consider the word “fanny” to be crude.
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You can't use that word in a "good" way. To use "infamous", about something well-known, is to say that it is a bad thing. It means "wicked, disgraceful, evil, despicable, very wrong" etc. ... To use the word to mean simply "well-known" or "controversial" is an error.
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Originally Answered: Is "dang" a bad word? Damn is considered to be profane since you are invoking damnation upon something or someone. Dang is just a made up word used by people who want to say Damn but think it is OK if they don't actually say the word. It does not matter.
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Those words are called slurs. And many people consider those the worst kind of bad words. Often people say bad words when they're experiencing strong emotions, and those words are link to our emotions. ... So when we have these strong emotions, we use those words as well," Bergen says.
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Holy smokes is not a bad word at all, it's actually a safe alternative to a worse phrase "holy shit," just like "darn" is a safe version of "damn" and "shoot" is a safe version of "shit." You can use "holy smokes" pretty much anywhere, even in front of children or in a "safe for work" environment.
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Fuck is a profane English-language word which often refers to the act of sexual intercourse but is also commonly used as an intensifier or to denote disdain. While its origin is obscure, it is usually considered to be first attested to around 1475.
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No idea what dictionary you have, but a censored dictionary is a shit one. Swear words are included in all major dictionaries (Collins, Cambridge, Oxford, Webster, Longman etc), my only guess is that perhaps a school-optimised dictionary for primary school students might have opted out of swear words.
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['F*ck. The word f-u-c-k is one of the most widely recognized swear words in the English language. ... ', "F*ck you. Adding the word 'you' means you're directing the offense onto someone else. ... ", 'Shit. ... ', 'Piss off. ... ', 'Dick head. ... ', 'Asshole. ... ', 'Son of a b*tch. ... ', 'Bastard.']
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Very old e.g. 'pitman' is an __ term. Answer: ARCHAIC. Copyright © 2018; Game version 1.16.
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Bummer, meaning depressing, is not even remotely a swear word in American English. It's not even impolite, probably because we don't use "bum" to mean rear end. (We use butt or ass -- the first is impolite but more or less acceptable, and the second is much cruder.)
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It is an extremely mild profanity, just a little stronger than “hell” or “damn,” maybe about equal to the British “bugger.” ... "Freaking hell" may be offensive to those affronted by such terms as "gol-darn," but it is a signal to listeners that you are being considerate of those who would be upset by hearing "fucking."
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When we ask people in my lab at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts to rate how frequently they hear swearwords and how offensive they are, they indicate that asshole is moderately frequent and moderately offensive. Not as offensive as fuck, but more offensive than crap.
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Perverted or pervert is not a word I would use writing news stories. It is not “bad,” but it is subjective and indicates a personal bias. ... And it concerns me that someone can label some words as bad, offensive and off limits, while expecting other words equally as offensive to be used without restraint or comment.
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In American English shit as a past participle is often correct, while shat is generally acceptable and shitted is uncommon and missing from the Random House and American Heritage dictionaries.