Professortango1
Well-Known Member
Wow! Never ceases to amaze me how people on the Internet can never graciously admit being in error.
Almost all the words you list are not vulgar according to the dictionary. Go ahead and look them up.
Vulgar is coarse language and often refers to body parts. When a word is used in a figurative or metaphorical sense, it can still be vulgar. Your implicit argument that figurative language can't be vulgar is wrong, and bizarre.
Slang is informal language.
My apologies to Constance for distracting from your awesomely cool trip report. This is my last word on the subject.
I never said figurative language can't be vulgar. Freaking is a euphemism for fornication. I think most people would constitute heightened discussion of fornication as vulgar.
All I'm saying is that freaking and pi$$ing are both "uncouth," but fairly acceptable in modern day American families. Calling pi$$ing a curse word in today's time is extreme, just as calling someone lame or dumb isn't an ablelist remark despite its roots. The English language changes, so saying pi$$ing is a curse word because Webster only defines is as a vulgar term for urination is misrepresenting the modern word. I mean, nobody reacts in horror is somebody refers to another as a scumbag, even though the word literally means a used condom.
