You people are going to think I am obsessed with indelicate topics. But I do have one thing to share with you all, concerning that: So as you can see, the (now) infamous 'S-word' was still acceptable at Benjamin Franklin's time. But according to most writings on the topic I have read, the much more infamous 'F-word' has been vulgar and improper almost right from the start. (Although, interestingly, both are hundreds of years old.) My question surrounds the word "snot". Is it vulgar yet? My dictionary says it may be getting there. But mother for one, used it often, for lack of a better word. That's actually something it shares with the F-word. There simply is no one word in the ("proper"-?) English language, that has the same meaning. I suppose, there is "dried mucous" for snot. And for having sex, there is "coit"--which most people would find to silly to use anyways, I think. So is "snot" still acceptable? Thank you in advance, to all who reply :daisy: :daisy:
Snot is no longer acceptable and anyone uttering such vulgarity should be arrested by the thought police Hotwater
Its a funny thing If someone shits their pants, people may laugh as long as they are not too close But someone has a bad cold, sneezes and a bunch of snot comes out, no one will laugh. Snot just isnt funny
I always thought the demonisation of the word **** was a real shame. DH Lawrence deliberately re-introduced the word to polite society in "Lady Chatterley's lover" because he felt that people needed a new language to talk about sexuality. The existing words were all either considered obscene or were too sterile and medical sounding. He wanted people to think of sexuality as being something natural and earthy rather than something degrading and immoral or intellectualized, so he tried to re-introduce the anglo-saxon word "****". Fast forward and in most English speaking places (america more than most, i understand) **** is the most insulting and obscene non-racial insult you can say. Poor old Lawrence.
You mean as a word to use? I do not consider the word snot to be vulgar but I also do not exactly shout it out when I am around other people. I think that there are far more vulgar words that I would rather not hear than snot.
