Why is B**St** A bad word

Well, as the thread used its purpose, and to avoid futher explosions of bad language, i’ll lock the thread.

Rob, if you want the thread pulled, PM me.

Moggy,

All I was trying to do is ask why one word over another Ie Bloody now I know what that also means but its allowed while the other B-word isn’t

RER

Lighten up a bit Moggy!! it might never happen :rolleyes: Anna 😀 😀

If people are going to use this thread as a platform to see how far they can push the rules it, and any like it, will be locked.

Moggy
Moderator

Can I ask why you would need to use it here?

Paucity of language skills can lead people to resort to profanity. Most of our posters here are able to express themselves admirably without.

There are plenty of other discussion boards available to talk about world affairs and add as much foul language as you wish. You post here – you stick to the rules. Simple.

We got the webbie to relax the auto-censor so that we can discuss Dick Melton without the stupidity that used to exist. Part of the deal is that we are stricter on profanity.

Moggy
Moderator

I once smacked a guy in the mouth for calling me a fat Bast##d, not for the fat part, but for the detriment to my mothers reputation !!!!

Because we have standards crazymainer 🙂 And because this isn’t an adult only site. Although the word might have had other connotations previously, it is probably most commonly thought of a curse (or cuss to you Americans 😉 ) word.

Ok Let me try it this way then if the BBC doesn’t consider it a Bad word that you can be fined for saying then why the Bloody Hell can’t we use it here on FB Boards.

Actually *******s often had a great impact on history. In fact, some sources even suggest Moses was a *******, a son from Ramses. 😀

Jesus was a ******* too, you know. His father never came home from work, his mother was a 15-year old prostitute living together with an older man named joseph.

In Dutch “bastaard” does not have the offensive connotation.

I don’t think ‘b*****d’ is a bad word. On the contrary, I think it’s a bloody good one. 😀

Garry and Barnowl.

I think you’re wrong with this. The word B*st*rd does indeed have a derogatory connotation in common usage today, although it does have its origins in describing the offspring of someone born out of wedlock. There is, in fact, a Pte ******* named on my local War Memorial. In name form it was often pronounced Bayst-tard, or B’stard, as in the tv series.

However, Crazymainer’s question is…

“Why is B**St** A bad word”

I’m still trying to get letters to fit the blanks to make a comprehensible seven letter word in the English language.

Ahhh, got it. It’s Blasted isn’t it?

Regards,

kev35

In the times less enlightened than ours,

In more enlightened times like today lots of PCers and womens rights groups are demanding the changing of names for mechanical parts… like male and female sockets, or nipple nuts, or grease nipples. Apparantly women have ownership of the word nipple and consider its use in these cases as inappropriate in fields of work where women and men might be working together… as if guys don’t have nipples.

Indeed the words bstrd is also used for the names of tool… the bstard file, there is a type of sword called a bastrd sword… from memory half way between a full sized sword and a short sword.

In the times less enlightened than ours, the term to which you refer was indeed used to describe someone born out of wedlock. In Northern areas, which were predominatly catholic, to be born out of wedlock was a sin, as it was against one of the sacred bonds with God, ie that sex should only be inside of marriage. It was a very harsh term of insult, as it insinuated that your parents were ungodly and sinners, and that you weren’t worthy of their company.
BARNOWL

It is a description, but is rarely used accurately to actually describe someone born out of wedlock.

Its normal use is as a term of abuse… therefore a “bad word”.

Sure, sometimes bad words are used to express frustration rather than actually being directed at others, but this is NOT a democracy…. 🙂