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Is twat just a British word or do Americans use it too? I've never heard it on any American films, Tv, literature etc.
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Sort of. It's not common, though. I know a couple people that say it, but I don't think I've seen it in a movie either. It goes with certain personalities, I guess. Sort of a non-serious insult in all the contexts I've heard it offline, something you'd say while laughing.
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It's pretty wide spread in Britain. I guess it's a British word. It's pretty bad, on the level of cunt, it means the same.
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Ya I don't think it's that bad here. I mean it's a cuss word, but not on the level of cunt or fuck. More like pussy, I think. But I don't know, you guys have a problem with "wanker" don't you? That's nothing here.
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It's because it's a british word too. I guess you hear it and don't know the connotations or how bad it is because it's not part of your culture. It's like swearing in foreign language. It means nothing.
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Ya, exactly. Cause you do hear stuff like "bullocks" or "bloody" or "wanker" here sometimes, but they're treated like "darn" or "shoot" cause they aren't associated with anything.
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Yeah, for example on the simpsons the one with U2 at the end Bono says Wanker and it's always bleeped out over here but it seems in america like a passing word.
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Theres another episode when Homer says wanker, I can't really remember, I think it was a piss take of British people. "Bollocks" an "bloody" aren't really that bad. Or at least not anymore. |
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The last time I heard somebody use twat was probably back in 99.
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I hear it used/use it all the time.
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I could live without twats, but not without watts to power music for my ears.
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I'm starting to hear people use "bloody" over here nowadays. I think the difference is, people in the US say it in a giggly sort of way whereas people in the UK say it more agressively. But, like lurker pointed out, a lot of Americans have this misconception that its a really rotten word in England.
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[quote=jheii]I'm starting to hear people use "bloody" over here nowadays. quote]
I've used it a couple of times. |
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I think it is considered far more vulgar in the USA than in the UK.
I personally don't use it. None too fond of the word "cunt" either. Both of these words are worse than "fuck" to me, vulgarity-wise, but if someone from the UK or Europe is using them, I knock them down a few notches in offensiveness because of cultural context. Stupid? Perhaps. |
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More vulgar in the USA? Really? Yeah, that kinda makes sense. |
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