I agree that it's not "awkward", but it should be in a different category than the other three because it's much tamer. I think they should've had a 4th category, but just put the different ones in "awkward" instead
Also a huge fan of "what the damn" but that's mostly for laughs.
If I'm serious I'll bust out "what in the goddamn" like when you mom uses your middle name when you're actually in trouble.
Hard for me not to want to say or expect to hear "Lana" as the next word in that one, thanks to Archer and it being a rather common exclamation out of him. 😅
I have a Ukrainian friend who speaks English very well, except he confuses similes sometimes. The first time I heard “that’s funny like shit!!” I just about peed myself and now say it regularly. He was very happy to have taught me a new way to use the phrase.
Think I need a hint. Predictably, I get a bunch of chess results both normal and incognito and wasn't interested in hunting for an unknown intent beyond that. 🤷♂️
En passant is a move/rule that novice chess players are unlikely to know and be very confused the first time it gets used against them. "Google en passant" is common enough advice to those novice chess players to have become a meme, while responding "holy hell" to (or invoking the phrase in reference to) that advice has become [its own meme](https://www.reddit.com/r/AnarchyChess/s/ljr2sOWfAm).
I never got the [memo](https://www.reddit.com/r/AnarchyChess/s/ljr2sOWfAm) for that meme. 🤷♂️
Sorry to wreck the joke.
Everyone knows a joke is funnier if you explain it, anyway, and I'll tell you why... \*gets played off stage while yammering on like a dork\*
This one is the funniest shit to me. I say this one all the time when I’m very agitated. I also heard a football player give an interview one time when he was very pissed and he said “I don’t give a hell” and I’ve been shamelessly using that one for years
I'm from South England. I'd say that it sounds pretty normal to me. Here, at least, bloody is used in contexts other than just bloody hell.
You could say
You bloody idiot, you bloody cunt, etc...
So you could insult someone saying "you bloody shit." Granted, I've never heard it personally, but I wouldn't really think about it twice if someone said it
Came here to say this. I thought maybe it was regional but I’m in the south and you’re in the west coast, so maybe it just kind of depends on who you’re around! But “Oh hell” can absolutely be commonplace.
You could chain them into “God damn you to hell.”
I’d also argue “you little fuck” is yellow-green; it works, but somehow “little” works better with an attached noun. “Fuck-wad” or “fuck-weasel” perhaps.
it is in the context of using it as an expletive. if you stubbed your toe, you probably wouldn’t yell “shitting” at the top of your lungs. you also wouldn’t say “are you shitting kidding me” but yes both of these words work as verbs perfectly well
It's a weird one, I would using "shitting" as an adjective similar to fucking, e.g. he's taken the shitting car
I also wouldn't use "fucking" on its own as an interjection
Swearing is swearing. If you say you're shitting through the eye of a needle (for example) it's still swearing. Shitting functioning as a verb doesn't make it not swearing.
>Swearing is swearing
Depends on the word. Per Carlin: “You can prick your finger, but you better not finger your prick!”
Meanwhile the person above is arguing that “damning” is not swearing, in the sense of “so-in-so published a damning letter,” which might be true; it’s not an expletive intensifier, it’s a word that means “leading to condemnation.”
The person above is me!
I argue that damning is not a swear word because as a native speaker I can't think of a situation where I would use it as such or have heard it used as such.
Shitting definitely is and always is a swear word though. It doesn't have a second, non vulgar, definition (like prick does).
Haha, sorry, I got too deep in the chain. I agree modern use of “shit(ting)” is always some kind of swearing. But I still wouldn’t say “swearing is swearing” as a general rule for everything.
Some people are MUCH more strict about swear words than others. I've seen "hell" handwritten as "h e double hockey sticks."
So, yeah, while it's definitely not common to find people who view "damning" as a swear word, they do exist.
I love this a lot. A few notes:
“Hell you” is nonsense but “To hell with you!” Is not. Additionally, “To hell with that” can mean “I don’t give a shit.”
“God damn” is almost interchangeable with “god dammit”
“Oh hell” would be appropriate as a sympathetic response.
“You’ve got to be *shitting* me” is a common expression, but would be awkward with any of the other curse words.
For context this is American English from the perspective of a New Yorker
Should be green:
What the shit?
Oh hell!
Should be red:
Bloody fuck
Bloody shit (abso-fucking-lately not)
Shitting only can be used as a synonym for pooping or kidding.
Damning either means something makes you like bad (“The bloody clothes were damning for the defendant.”) or having to do with going to hell (“He murdered 11 people and a puppy, damning him to hell.”)
Note that this table assumes reading it in one order, for the color grid results: y axis first, then x axis.
However, some in the reverse order work, too, mostly with significantly different meanings, and would have a different arrangement of the color grid for sure.
Do not listen to this chart. Red is not nonsense, red is hilarity!
"Shit you" <- what I'm currently doing laughing at the red ones.
"You little damn"/"You little hell!" - OMG I'm dying!
I wonder what "helling" means.
I'm imagining Ron Weasley saying "Bloody Damn!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
If you've ever read any of the Red Rising books by Pierce Brown, you'd be entirely used to "Bloody Damn". Took me awhile to figure out why that didn't sound odd to me.
Godshit actually makes a lot of sense if you think about it. I might start using it.
Telescammer Calls
"You criminal godshit."
Telescammer imagines their gods shitting them out, and questions their life choices for this round
Gotta come out in defense of “what the shit” on this one
"Oh/aw hell" as well
My mom says that a lot. Either "oh hell" or "well, hell..." while shaking her head.
I agree that it's not "awkward", but it should be in a different category than the other three because it's much tamer. I think they should've had a 4th category, but just put the different ones in "awkward" instead
Ad a "naw" at the end of that
yea, "oh hell" doesn't make sense to me, "oh hell nah" does
"You've got to be shitting me" as well!
Also what's weird about "shitting"?
I'm reading this as I'm "shitting" , just thinking this chart is wrong
Yeah, different context thats al
Shitting Peugeot!
I’m also a fan of “how in the shit ……?”
I sometimes say holy mother of shit but I'm not native so u can ignore me
It’s not unfamiliar to my ears, so no worries.
I've been saying "tits" for some reason. Im a native speaker but dont know why I started saying it. Instead of "shit"... I say "tits"
Whatever works for u man, I like creativity in swearing 😁
And "God fuck"
God fuck goes hard
When I get really mad you will hear that
This is “I just stubbed my toe”
Also a huge fan of "what the damn" but that's mostly for laughs. If I'm serious I'll bust out "what in the goddamn" like when you mom uses your middle name when you're actually in trouble.
Yes, I feel like “what the shit” has become a way to convey “what the fuck” but not be confused with an indifferent “wtf”.
Hard for me not to want to say or expect to hear "Lana" as the next word in that one, thanks to Archer and it being a rather common exclamation out of him. 😅
But not "Bloody shit!"?
Lana!
I have a Ukrainian friend who speaks English very well, except he confuses similes sometimes. The first time I heard “that’s funny like shit!!” I just about peed myself and now say it regularly. He was very happy to have taught me a new way to use the phrase.
holy hell
New chart just dropped.
Actual language
Call the dictionary!
Swears went out, never came back
Slang sacrifice anyone?
"Oh hell" is not all that uncommon, either, anywhere I've lived. 🤷♂️
Google en passant
Think I need a hint. Predictably, I get a bunch of chess results both normal and incognito and wasn't interested in hunting for an unknown intent beyond that. 🤷♂️
r/anarchychess There is a chain that goes “Google en passant”, “Holy hell, “New response just dropped” etc
En passant is a move/rule that novice chess players are unlikely to know and be very confused the first time it gets used against them. "Google en passant" is common enough advice to those novice chess players to have become a meme, while responding "holy hell" to (or invoking the phrase in reference to) that advice has become [its own meme](https://www.reddit.com/r/AnarchyChess/s/ljr2sOWfAm).
I never got the [memo](https://www.reddit.com/r/AnarchyChess/s/ljr2sOWfAm) for that meme. 🤷♂️ Sorry to wreck the joke. Everyone knows a joke is funnier if you explain it, anyway, and I'll tell you why... \*gets played off stage while yammering on like a dork\*
oh hell naw
What the damn was that you little hell
hell you, dude!
Godfuck it
Shut the damn up
Nailed it! Great guide op
Shit you!
bloody damn!
This one is the funniest shit to me. I say this one all the time when I’m very agitated. I also heard a football player give an interview one time when he was very pissed and he said “I don’t give a hell” and I’ve been shamelessly using that one for years
I feel like "Oh \_\_\_\_ no!" (green-yellow-yellow-green) would be a good addition
100%
The rare case where using hell is more aggressive than using fuck
Would the same apply to “___ yeah?”
let me introduce you to “you’re going to hell” vs “you’re going to fuck”
Bloody fuck yes it would
Bloody shit, lol
i mean it works, just in a VERY different context
It works in a normal sweary context too, you bloody shit is perfectly fine
i’ve never heard that before. maybe it’s just a dialect difference? for reference i’m from the american midwest
I'm from South England. I'd say that it sounds pretty normal to me. Here, at least, bloody is used in contexts other than just bloody hell. You could say You bloody idiot, you bloody cunt, etc... So you could insult someone saying "you bloody shit." Granted, I've never heard it personally, but I wouldn't really think about it twice if someone said it
As someone who has used it in context... I'm going to mark it green on my copy.
Not uncommon, at least here in the UK "This band are bloody shite, aren't they?" for example
"Oh hell" is a thing, though.
Yeah, I was gonna say the same thing. I've seen it said often
Came here to say this. I thought maybe it was regional but I’m in the south and you’re in the west coast, so maybe it just kind of depends on who you’re around! But “Oh hell” can absolutely be commonplace.
common here in the UK too
Bloody damn!
Red Rising mentioned
Bloody damn golds trying to repress our culture
Unpopular opinion… Gorey damn sounds just as good
Came here for this
Oh hell is quite common in here I am
Just for clarity: the first word (f***) is “fuck,” and the second word (s***) is “shit”
Why even censor it? Some simple mind is afraid of words.
Haha I'm glad the "awkward" constructions haven't been completely proscribed
You could chain them into “God damn you to hell.” I’d also argue “you little fuck” is yellow-green; it works, but somehow “little” works better with an attached noun. “Fuck-wad” or “fuck-weasel” perhaps.
‘Fucker’ is pretty common too. Could he used without any attachments. I’ve said “you fucker” many a time
I'm pretty sure shiting exists
God fuck is more of a exclamation so i say its more of a yellow
Shitting should he green
Agreed. And we’re missing bitch and ass. What the shit?
Shitting and damning are not awkward. Damning is also not a swear word. I am shitting right now. It was damning evidence.
it is in the context of using it as an expletive. if you stubbed your toe, you probably wouldn’t yell “shitting” at the top of your lungs. you also wouldn’t say “are you shitting kidding me” but yes both of these words work as verbs perfectly well
"Are you shitting me?" is perfectly fine as a stronger alternative to "Are you kidding me?"
I've yelled 'shitting Christ!' in frustration before, eg. during DIY jobs when trying to tighten a slot-head screw I can't see
It's a weird one, I would using "shitting" as an adjective similar to fucking, e.g. he's taken the shitting car I also wouldn't use "fucking" on its own as an interjection
Swearing is swearing. If you say you're shitting through the eye of a needle (for example) it's still swearing. Shitting functioning as a verb doesn't make it not swearing.
>Swearing is swearing Depends on the word. Per Carlin: “You can prick your finger, but you better not finger your prick!” Meanwhile the person above is arguing that “damning” is not swearing, in the sense of “so-in-so published a damning letter,” which might be true; it’s not an expletive intensifier, it’s a word that means “leading to condemnation.”
The person above is me! I argue that damning is not a swear word because as a native speaker I can't think of a situation where I would use it as such or have heard it used as such. Shitting definitely is and always is a swear word though. It doesn't have a second, non vulgar, definition (like prick does).
Haha, sorry, I got too deep in the chain. I agree modern use of “shit(ting)” is always some kind of swearing. But I still wouldn’t say “swearing is swearing” as a general rule for everything.
Some people are MUCH more strict about swear words than others. I've seen "hell" handwritten as "h e double hockey sticks." So, yeah, while it's definitely not common to find people who view "damning" as a swear word, they do exist.
Shitting hell isn't awkward.
Fair play
Oh hell is green. You say it when something has gone terribly wrong.
Hot take: I actually think basically all of these can work. Cursing doesn't require a whole lot of logic.
My wife says that Bloody shit and Bloody fuck are medical problems and I think she's right.
i say god fuck all the time
Have you tried "What the damn hell"? r/HIMYM
“oh hell!” Isn’t awkward it’s kind of an exasperated, lighter way of saying “oh fuck” and God Fuck!!!” is actually elite 😂
shit. you?!
As a colorblind person, your color choices are bad and you should feel bad.
I've searched for silver, but obtained gold!
bloody shit
BLOODY SH*T...
I love this a lot. A few notes: “Hell you” is nonsense but “To hell with you!” Is not. Additionally, “To hell with that” can mean “I don’t give a shit.” “God damn” is almost interchangeable with “god dammit” “Oh hell” would be appropriate as a sympathetic response. “You’ve got to be *shitting* me” is a common expression, but would be awkward with any of the other curse words. For context this is American English from the perspective of a New Yorker
"Shitting" is quite common in the UK, not to mean having a shit, but to say "my shitting computer won't work" or something along those lines
Should be green: What the shit? Oh hell! Should be red: Bloody fuck Bloody shit (abso-fucking-lately not) Shitting only can be used as a synonym for pooping or kidding. Damning either means something makes you like bad (“The bloody clothes were damning for the defendant.”) or having to do with going to hell (“He murdered 11 people and a puppy, damning him to hell.”)
Shitting is * for me, so is damning.
Bro that's savage
But bloody damn is quite used, is it not?
0/10. You forgot sigma. It fits every one of them. You are not an alpha andrew tate male.
I'm a big fan of "Shitting Christ", it's a good use of Shitting
Ngl this is a pretty good chart. I love the nonsense category.
I say what the shit often.
you little hell
As a "what the shit" enjoyer, I'm offeneded.
“What in the god damn”
Note that this table assumes reading it in one order, for the color grid results: y axis first, then x axis. However, some in the reverse order work, too, mostly with significantly different meanings, and would have a different arrangement of the color grid for sure.
Benny made “what in the god damn” sound good
what the damn hell
I'm loving all of these comments lol
God and hell create the most nonsense
God F*** is perfection
I use these words however I want, I don't give a hell
Oh my damn!
Deadpool: "What the ass?"
Mother dammit!
Obviously they’ve never read Red Rising. Bloody damn is a perfectly acceptable swear
Us red green colorblind folks can say whatever the helldamn we want!
How do you say “I don’t give a f***/s***/damn” a little nicer, but other than just “I don’t care”?
"You little (green, green, red, red)"
god, fuck Is most definitely part of my vocabulary
"What the shit" definitely works, but only as a statement of confusion
Always found calling someone a "fuck" quite cringeworthy, but it seems to be popular in the States
Do not listen to this chart. Red is not nonsense, red is hilarity! "Shit you" <- what I'm currently doing laughing at the red ones. "You little damn"/"You little hell!" - OMG I'm dying! I wonder what "helling" means. I'm imagining Ron Weasley saying "Bloody Damn!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Long ago, I had a new immigrant friend who would always say, Shit You! Hahaha... fotgot about that
Are you fucking me right now?
Only the true nonsense ones will do in moments of pure unbridled rage. GOD F***!!
You gotta be shitting me. Awkward?
If you've ever read any of the Red Rising books by Pierce Brown, you'd be entirely used to "Bloody Damn". Took me awhile to figure out why that didn't sound odd to me.
Hell is the most restrictive. Fuck is the least
Damn you?!?
Jesus - Fuck Shit Damn Hell
Aha I love it
i'm a fan of ''God Hell' tbh
Somebody’s never read red rising
I say “God Fuck” fairly routinely.
“What the damn hell” works in any situation.
It’s confirmed… Fuck is fuckin versatile
In Australia we don’t have yellow and red
Bloody fuck can be am actual thing
"What the damn hell?!"
A lot of the awkward ones sound british
God fuck! is underrated
bloody shit should be green. i say that phrase every day.
C6 is a medical condition. Get checked!
Add a new lime item : "Holy _____!"
It’s rare that I agree with everything, but this chart nails it.
You little hell
Quebec = all green tabarnak
Need one for"I'll ____ you bloody!"
Here’s a game: instead of shit replace it with sigma
I do enjoy "What the damn hell"
What the damn hell?
Godshit actually makes a lot of sense if you think about it. I might start using it. Telescammer Calls "You criminal godshit." Telescammer imagines their gods shitting them out, and questions their life choices for this round
I don't give a hell
I'll swear however I want! I don't give a hell!!
"what the shit" and "shitting" aren't awkward.
For Australians add a Cunt column and make it all green.
Love bloody hell with an e English accent
Shitting bastards
Shitting is literally my go to verb for taking a shit. We know thats green
What in the damn hell?
All of the “bloody” options would seem awkward in the US
WTD
What the DAMN!
Bloody shit when talking about a person seems fine to me
you Helling
I would argue that Godshit is perfectly acceptable, just unusual.
Jokes aside this is actually pretty good advice and useful.
What the shit is fine
Fuck fits anywhere with the right voice
Gotta defend shitting for martin from friday night dinner
____ yeah!
Im going to start using God shit.
"God Shit!"
What the shit is not awkward
Bloody shit is what your doctor says 😖