The intelligence officers of Slough House, good at everyday profanity, are proficient infixers and interposers, too. An infixing, remember, is when one inserts profanity into the structure of a word, at a stress appropriate point (unfuckingbelievable); an interposing inserts the… Continue reading →| Strong Language
Think about your earliest swearing. Did you graduate from euphemisms? (As a child I used sugar, drat, and flip/feck for shit, damn, and fuck.) Or did you jump right into prodigious profanity? Did you practise in private, and did you… Continue reading →| Strong Language
It wouldn’t be the annual Eurovision Song Contest without some sort of controversy. Most years the controversy is political in nature. The 2025 contest was no different in this regard, but in addit…| Strong Language
I know not whether Laws be right, Or whether Laws be wrong; All that we know who lie in gaol Is that the wall is strong; And that each day is like a year, A year whose days are long. Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Ballad of Reading Gaol’ is the source of one of the less […]| Somewhere Boy
Is cursing a sin? Christians often have pretty strong opinions and quick answers to this question. With Bible verses loaded up to support their stance. For many this is a black and white issue. But| Rethink