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Sweary maps 2: Swear harder. @stancarey presents heat maps of swearword use in the USA
https://stronglang.wordpress.com/2016/03/22/sweary-maps-2-swear-harder/

#swearing #profanity #language #maps #slang

Heat map of the USA for the word "fuck". It's deep red all along the east and west coasts and the southern border states. Deep blue inland, and mixed (yellow, light blue) along the border with Canada.

Strong Language

@stronglang@lingo.lol · 2 months ago

Sweary maps 2: Swear harder. @stancarey presents heat maps of swearword use in the USA
https://stronglang.wordpress.com/2016/03/22/sweary-maps-2-swear-harder/

#swearing #profanity #language #maps #slang

Andrew Woods

@awoodsnet@phpc.social · 2 months ago

Can we stop saying “dogfooding” and “eat your own dog food” as slang for using of your own products and services in the same way as a customer? We can do better. We are not dogs. We are people.

For reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eating_your_own_dog_food

"Eat what you cook" is a much better term, and what I currently use. However, it doesn't simplify to the “dogfooding" form.

Let's start a thread, to gather the possibilities.

#English #tech #vocabulary #expressions #slang

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The Vulgar Tongue

@TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us · 4 months ago

GOSPEL SHOP. A church.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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GOSPEL SHOP. A church.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785) — Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): GOSPEL SHOP. A church. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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The Vulgar Tongue

@TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us · 3 months ago

FLAYBOTTOMIST. A bum-brusher, or schoolmaster.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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#books #literature #dictionaries #history #society #language #slang @histodons

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FLAYBOTTOMIST. A bum-brusher, or schoolmaster.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785) — Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): FLAYBOTTOMIST. A bum-brusher, or schoolmaster. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

The Vulgar Tongue

@TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us · 3 months ago

FLAYBOTTOMIST. A bum-brusher, or schoolmaster.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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#books #literature #dictionaries #history #society #language #slang @histodons

The Vulgar Tongue

@TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us · 4 months ago

GOSPEL SHOP. A church.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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#books #literature #dictionaries #history #society #language #slang @histodons

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Strong Language

@stronglang@lingo.lol · 4 months ago

"Bag of dicks", "bee's dick", "perviness", and "fudge" (int.; often as a euphemistic alternative to "fuck") are among the words and senses newly added to the OED
https://www.oed.com/information/updates/june-2025/new-word-entries/

#slang #OED #lexicography #dictionaries #words #phrases #dick

Strong Language

@stronglang@lingo.lol · 4 months ago

#slang #OED #lexicography #dictionaries #words #phrases #dick

The Vulgar Tongue

@TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us · 6 months ago

BUM BAILIFF. A sheriff's officer, who arrests debtors; so called perhaps from following his prey, and being at their bums, or, 'hard at their arses'. Blackstone says, it is a corruption of bound bailiff, from their being obliged to give bond for their good behaviour.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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BUM BAILIFF. A sheriff's officer, who arrests debtors; so called perhaps from following his prey, and being at their bums, or, 'hard at their arses'. Blackstone says, it is a corruption of bound bailiff, from their being obliged to give bond for their good behaviour.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785) — Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BUM BAILIFF. A sheriff's officer, who arrests debtors; so called perhaps from following his prey, and being at their bums, or, 'hard at their arses'. Blackstone says, it is a corruption of bound bailiff, from their being obliged to give bond for their good behaviour. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)