On Fri 09 Aug 2019 at 09:57:00 -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > On 2019-08-09 at 09:46, John Hasler wrote: > > > Étienne writes: > > > >> ...profanity... > > > > Profanity is a matter of context. As used in this discussion "shit" > > is just a synonym for "manure". > > To be pedantic, "shit" isn't profanity in the first place; it's > vulgarity. > > Profanity deals with matters religious. > > Obscenity deals with matters sexual. > > Vulgarity deals with matters involving other bodily functions, i.e., > primarily matters scatological. > > I think I may vaguely recall having once identified an umbrella term > which covers all three (beyond just "foul language" or similar), but > just offhand I can't think what it might have been.
"bad manners" or "inconsiderate behaviour" could jog your memory. As a user on -devel said today: More verbose: I used the f* word before and i will continue to do so. "Put that in your pipe and smoke it" is an interpretation of this pre-emptive sally. (Apologies for the reference to a noxious, anti-social and harmful habit. :) ). -- Brian.
