Profanities

I, Do Solemnly Swear: Defendant Turns Courtroom Blue

The Huffington Post UK | Christopher York | Posted 08.11.2012 | UK

A man accused of attempted murder did nothing to help his cause when he sacked his legal team and launched into a tirade of profanities against the Ju...

That Splendid C-Word

Simon Napier-Bell | Posted 12.09.2011 | UK Entertainment
Simon Napier-Bell

A couple of weeks ago Julie Burchill was complaining in the Independent about people who use the C-word. She thoroughly disapproves. But I think she's wrong. It's a splendid word. A super word. A great full-stop of a word. Uttered with a suitable amount of venom, it can bring any conversation to a complete halt, whereas its miserably overused cousin, the F-word, has lost all power to shock. LANGUAGE WARNING: For those left uncharmed by a more liberal usage of our great Anglo-Saxon tongue, please read no further...