crude vocab

[cacian]

what words or vocab do you feel is crude to the reader or naked eye?

Here is few to start with so far :

slap then slapper. One means different from the other and yet they are derived.

any sexual words such masturbate and ejaculate. I cannot stand them written down.

[hillwalker]

I can't wait to read Wolf Larsen's response to this ^^^ . Are you still living in Victorian England?

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[cacian]

I can't wait to read Wold Larsen's response to this ^^^ . Are you still living in Victorian England?

H

Lol no I live in London fortunatley for me I passed on Victoriana. What a relief! Anyway what has my dislikeness of such words to do with the above? It is purely personal.

[Lokasenna]

I really don't think the examples you've come up with are all that shocking... even by Victorian standards.

As for profanity generally, I've not got much of an issue with it. There are no words that make me feel uneasy, though I'm usually mindful of the company I am in and how they might react: whilst I will happily swear in front of friends, I try to restrain myself in front of elderly aunts etc.

It can be used to great effect in literature, but if it is overused then it can appear rather juvenile.

[WolfLarsen]

what words or vocab do you feel is crude to the reader or naked eye?

Here is few to start with so far :

slap then slapper. One means different from the other and yet they are derived.

any sexual words such masturbate and ejaculate. I cannot stand them written down.


How many works of literature have been censored and banned because of this way of thinking?

How many literary boards engage in censorship themselves? And if you don't accept this censorship on many literary boards you get banned.

Both the religious right and the feminist politically correct types are guilty of promoting censorship in the literary world. I am a strong supporter of women's rights, but I hate censorship! I hate political correctness! And I hate religious fanaticism! It all has a chilling effect on literature!

I can tell you this kind of Puritanism has a chilling effect on the literary world. Too much censorship!!

And with this kind of Puritanism I think you would have a hard time reading the Old Testament. It's filled with sex!

This is not a personal attack. This is attack on all censorship, on all Puritanism, because of its negative impact on creativity. The writer must be absolutely free to express himself! Nothing should come in the way of self-expression! Every obstacle to self-expression should be smashed into pieces by writers and artists and all freethinking people!


And to hell with all talk about the evils of exposing sexuality to "kids"! How do you think the kids got here in the first place?!

And frankly, as I understand nobody under 13 is allowed to use posting boards. Teenagers are practically obsessed with sex, probably because of puritanical attitudes that tell them that what is natural is forbidden. Teenage sexuality is as natural as breathing!

Down with censorship! Down with Puritanism! Long live self-expression! Writers & artists must fight for the freedom to express themselves!

[Grit]

The foulest world I can think of is cunny.

I say it as much as I can.

[stlukesguild]

I teach in an urban American school district. There are few "profane" words that I haven't heard... a few that I haven't employed myself... some more frequently than I might wish to admit. I have little or no use for the sort of American Puritanism that revels in violence and then blushes (falsely) at sexuality. My own artistic endeavors as a painter are seldom without an element of eroticism. In spite of this, I can't help agreeing with Loka ("It (profanity/vulgarity) can be used to great effect in literature, but if it is overused then it can appear rather juvenile."... and with William Gass:

"True sexuality in literature... sex as a positive aesthetic
quality... lies not in any scene or subject, nor in the mere
appearance of a 'vulgar' word, but in the consequences on the
page of love well made---made to the medium which is the writer's
own."

[MANICHAEAN]

You might consider hiding any crudity in the obscurity of the English native language. Thus for any readers on the Forum that are “Septic Tanks,”, you may not take offence at the following phrases being used in your company:

Cobbler’s Awls.
Leo Fraser.
Standing Election.
Jack & Danny.
D’Oyly Carte.
Strawberry Split.
Chalfont St Giles.
Iron Hoof.
Rubric’s Cube.
Mickey Mouser.
Billy Brag.
Two Bob Bits.
Oily Rag.
Pie and Mash.
Brace and Bits.
Richard the Third.
Armitage Shank.
Four by Four.