# Listen up, motherfuckers! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 13, 2018, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-up-motherfuckers/817831 "2018-07-13T07:18:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Eustache\_Dauger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a183cd/32.png) [@Eustache\_Dauger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eustache_Dauger)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2019, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-up-motherfuckers/817831/62 "2019-08-31T05:13:08Z")
Raotfl ---
**Author:** ![Eustache\_Dauger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a183cd/32.png) [@Eustache\_Dauger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eustache_Dauger)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2019, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-up-motherfuckers/817831/63 "2019-08-31T05:18:05Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Swearing and rude language is fine. Use of multicolored text, however, will earn you a metaphorical kick in the tits. wHOA, nELLIE:eek: ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-up-motherfuckers/817831/64 "2019-11-25T00:44:57Z")
> [@Fotheringay-Phipps](#): > > I believe the history here is different for “cunt” than for the other banned terms. “Cunt” was not banned as being such a really really really bad word, but rather as a gendered insult which was offensive to women as a group (not just to the specific person being addressed). This lifting of the ban coincides with a wave of voices calling for (among other things) increased sensitivity to this type of gender issue. It will be interesting to see how these interact. If cunt is a gendered insult then so is prick. The truth is of course that both insults moved beyond gender long ago and it’s pointless to try to reintroduce it again. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-up-motherfuckers/817831/65 "2019-11-25T15:02:28Z")
Prick has a legitimate usage, like in “prick with a needle.” The other word is never used as anything but an insult or sexual slang. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-up-motherfuckers/817831/66 "2019-11-25T15:13:37Z")
So I take it that now we can say ass, ass ass, as much as we want? [/Bermuda] ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2019, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-up-motherfuckers/817831/67 "2019-11-28T04:34:05Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Prick has a legitimate usage, like in “prick with a needle.” The other word is never used as anything but an insult or sexual slang. I cunt agree more. ---
**Author:** ![Itsokaytohategoogle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f475e1/32.png) [@Itsokaytohategoogle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Itsokaytohategoogle)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2021, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-up-motherfuckers/817831/68 "2021-10-21T19:59:08Z")
Where would one go on this site to find other google haters and where it’s okay to say unpleasant things about google. I think this old rundown conversation is neglected because it’s been gutted of it’s stated intent. Before I started with this initial reply of mine I read the last comment in this conversation only to find that “cunt” is never used as anything but an insult or sexual slang. It looks as though that was accepted as the last word on a still vital word. Doesn’t “motherfucker” fall into the same category as “cunt”? How about “shithead” and “limp dick”? Use of “f bombs” is okay here because it’s an insult as well as a legitimate alternative word for “coitus” or even the insertion of one’s “doo-hickey” into any crevice, or recessed body part i.e., armpit, hand in somewhat closed or completely closed position i.e., a fist, a portion of designated flesh, an eye socket prior to the eye being removed or still present, the infamous gluteal cleft etc., etc., etc.,. Is it okay to call google lovers “ignorant dipshits”? I guess what I’m asking is if there’s a list of acceptable and unacceptable words? I understand the exclusion of racial name calling, but does that apply to members of the same race? Where can I go to mock other white people or is self mockery not okay? All of these questions really don’t apply if one just uses common sense, good taste, respect for others and non malicious thinking. If there are other rules of conduct I’ll probably understand them and of course I’m free to leave the site if that’s the case. I’m not forum savvy but I love making assumptions and know that such assumptions can rub someone the wrong way. I assume that’s what admins are for. I enjoy a good debate over opinions expressed wherever and realize that I can be an asshole or even some other body part at times. I have been accused of being too wordy. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2021, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-up-motherfuckers/817831/69 "2021-10-21T20:38:51Z")
> [@Itsokaytohategoogle](#): > > I have been accused of being too wordy. [![](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/facebook/000/007/666/_57c8a1a431a592af806925e57258202f.jpg) ](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/facebook/000/007/666/_57c8a1a431a592af806925e57258202f.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2021, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-up-motherfuckers/817831/70 "2021-10-21T20:50:43Z")
> [@Itsokaytohategoogle](#): > > I guess what I’m asking is if there’s a list of acceptable and unacceptable words? Literally the entire reason this thread exists is to tell people we don’t have a “forbidden word” list any more. Welcome to the Dope! ---
**Author:** ![Itsokaytohategoogle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f475e1/32.png) [@Itsokaytohategoogle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Itsokaytohategoogle)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2021, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-up-motherfuckers/817831/71 "2021-10-21T22:02:12Z")
Thanks Miller! ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2021, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-up-motherfuckers/817831/72 "2021-10-21T22:13:51Z")
May I then deem an adversary a right execrable blaggard? . …mercy, that felt splendiferous! ---
**Author:** ![Gumper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gumper/32/10227_2.png) [@Gumper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gumper)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-up-motherfuckers/817831/73 "2022-02-08T19:18:02Z")
Hot damn! ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-up-motherfuckers/817831/74 "2024-11-17T17:10:13Z")
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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-up-motherfuckers/817831/75 "2024-11-21T15:52:56Z")
> [@digs](#): > > May I then deem an adversary a right execrable blaggard? _Psssst._ That’s the pronunciation, but the spelling is _BLACKGUARD_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-up-motherfuckers/817831.md?page=3)