What's the worse word in the english language?

If I had to wager, I'd say Munging is pretty high on that list

 

Munging is the shit.

 

Okay sonofsmurf, calm down

 

haha, zingage!

I guess the worse word for me would be the one I wouldn't get desensatized to if I didn't hear it over and over (I know, improbable standard).

In college, I heard a whole lecture about the word cunt (even in souther Utah!...though they tried to fire the professor) and how it used to mean powerful woman, and now its like the worse thing to call someone.

 

Interesting, but takeourword.com has this to say:

A reader has asked about the word cunt, wondering if it had something to do with "cunning" as in "a cunning woman was a negative thing". It has nothing to do with cunning (which is related to the verbs ken and can) and everything to do with what it means today: "female genitalia". It first shows up in a list of London street names of about 1230. That street name was, interestingly, Gropecuntelane, one of a warren of streets and alleyways all given over to the lowest forms of prostitution and bawdry. It lay between Aldermanbury and Coleman Street (where the Swiss Bank stands today) and it belonged to one "William de Edmonton". Curiously, medieval Paris had a street name with an identical meaning - Rue Grattecon. Oxford and York apparently also had similar versions of that street name.

Cunt is believed to derive from a Germanic root *kunton "female genitalia", which also gave rise to Old Norse kunta (ancestor of Norwegian and Swedish dialectical kunta and Danish dialectical kunte), Old Frisian, Middle Low German and Middle Dutch kunte, and the English doublet quaint. And, by the way, the word wasn't always considered derogatory, even though it is today. Be careful about assuming that a word's modern connotations must have governed its formation. By the way, no connection has been made between the Germanic words and Latin cunnus. The proto-Germanic root of cunt is ku- "hollow place", while the Indo-European root of Latin cunnus is (s)keu- "to cover, to conceal", the etymological meaning of cunnus being "sheath".
- http://www.takeourword.com/pt.html

The bold bit is my emphasis, as it looks as if "cunt" is derived more from 'hollowness' than any explicit reference to women.

But hey, you can't believe everything you read on the web, so I'm happy to stand corrected.

 

\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\is she related to Kunta Kinte by any chance :?: A cousin-esque relationship between Kunta Kinte and current-day cunts could explain the conondrum of cross-cultural excess.

It could well be that the developement of the spear and sword could be compensatory measures taken by the proto-indo-aryan male. As for germanic roots, that is.

Noteworthy allso, the black shiny boots of the german ss. The totenschlager, however, is not a tool suited for sensual exploration.
After 6000 years of rule and priesthood, the exponents of the Y-chromosome faces the undiluted sixe of chromozome X. One trembles.

 

Campy - has to be the worse word in the english language right now. Everything is fucking campy.

 

Buddy is right up there as one of the bad ones.

 

The word that bugs me, but isn't an actual word, is ir-regardless. It's a double negative in a single word, how do people miss that.

 

I have never heard that "word" used. Is it an American thing?

Go on, use it in a sentence for me.

 

Im going to smoke this crack, irregardless of the consequences.

How is that?

I have heard it, must be an American thing.

 

So it means exactly the same thing as "regardless"?

 

You know what I love about this thread, it should be the "worst" word in the English language, not "worse". Seems to be a rather funny coincidence.

 

You know that is why I am sending all my papers to you for proofing. Irregardless of what you say.

 

The bitch about it is that just about everytime I make a grammatical error I get called out on it, as I should. If I'm critical of other people for it I should be able to accept said criticism of myself, right?

 

I think its funny, I get a lot of crap emails at work that are so screwed up it makes you wonder what people did in school. We get to together and make fun of them, I can only speculate how many times we have watched the 'pacific' video.

Plus I screw up enough that I have to point it out if I see someone else do it.

 

Phat is a pretty lame word.

 

Nobody likes you anyhow.

Yea, phat is pretty lame.

 

No way, homie. "Phat" is phat.

 

Everyone deep down loves me in there own way