Taboo Words

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insulting request to go away
Fuck off! Piss off! Bugger off! (GB) Sod off! (Gb) "Can I have a word with you?"- "Fuck off!"

expression of unconcern (= I don't care)
I don't give a damn. I don't give a shit.
I don't give a fuck. I don't give a bugger. (GB)
"Mary's very angry with you."
- "I don't give a fuck."

violent refusal
(I'll be) damned if I will! (I'll be) fucked if I will!
(I'll be) buggered if I will!
(GB) Stuff it! Get stuffed! "Give me a kiss." - "Get stuffed"
"Mr Parsons wants you to clean out the lavatories." - "Fucked if I will."

expression of defiance
Balls! Balls to...! Bollocks! (all GB)
"You're afraid to fight!" - "Balls!"
"Balls to
the lot of you - I am going home!"

intensifying adjective/adverb (used to emphasize an emotion such as surprise, anger, disappointment, contempt)
damn(ed) goddam (US) blasted (GB) bloody (G B)
sodding (GB) bleeding (GB) fucking
Where's the
bloody switch?
Put the
fucking cat out!
It's
bloody raining again.
That car's going
damn(ed) fast.
She's a
fucking marvellous singer.
When these words are used before verbs, the word well is often added.
It's bloody well raining again!
I'm not
fucking well paying this time.
I
damn well hope you never come back!

miscellaneous
fuck (up), screw (up) and bugger (up) (GB) can mean "ruin", "spoil" or "destroy".
You've buggered my watch!
Somebody's
fucked up the TV.
Fucked
and buggered can mean "exhausted" (GB).
"Want another game of tennis?" - "No, I'm fucked."

Screw (especially US) can be used to mean "cheat"
Don't buy a car from that garage - they'll screw you.

Cock up (GB), balls up (GB), luck up and screw up can be used (as verbs) to refer to mistakes of organization.
That bloody secretary's ballsed up my travel arrangements.

The nouns cock-up, balls-up, luck-up and screw-up are used in the same sense.
Sorry you didn't get your invitation to the party - Mary made a balls-up.
The conference was a complete fuck-up.

Balls (GB), bullshit (US) and crap are used to mean "nonsense". Don't talk crap!
"What's his new book like?" - "A load of balls."

Bugger all and fuck all are used in British English to mean nothing'.
There's fuck all in the fridge. We'll have to eat out. Pissed means drunk' in British English, and fed up' in American English.

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