On 2019-08-09 at 09:46, John Hasler wrote: > Étienne writes: > >> ...profanity... > > Profanity is a matter of context. As used in this discussion "shit" > is just a synonym for "manure". To be pedantic, "shit" isn't profanity in the first place; it's vulgarity. Profanity deals with matters religious. Obscenity deals with matters sexual. Vulgarity deals with matters involving other bodily functions, i.e., primarily matters scatological. I think I may vaguely recall having once identified an umbrella term which covers all three (beyond just "foul language" or similar), but just offhand I can't think what it might have been. -- The Wanderer The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw
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