Language Scraps: What's Your Favorite Curse Word?

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

What's Your Favorite Curse Word?

5 comments:

michael morrow said...: Oh Torbin,,,,YOu arE c/./prieu;;;;;;;'l,icnat hepp;lmyslelvf.....igotta talk.....this poslllltwis OOONNNNNN...thjisese fllllllllluks fk'nnoinmormons,,,,,not,,myabe, ipoehn so .......know what communicatiooooooooooooNNNis all aboutllllllllpiessimmmmmpout///////; January 2, 2008 at 9:05 PM
Scott Abbott said...: Scheibenkleister
is one of my own personal favorites.; January 9, 2008 at 9:24 PM
Torben B said...: I like to say "shit" a lot.; January 11, 2008 at 8:12 AM
Vegor said...: Cocksucker; January 23, 2008 at 3:15 PM
Anonymous said...: fuck. but specifically in the term "whatthefuck" (which, in my mind, is one word...); January 25, 2008 at 5:11 PM

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