“白痴” (moron or idiot) counts as a swear in zh. “抐屎” (to churn shit) isn’t a swear in zh-min-nan.

  • slazer2au@lemmy.worldEnglish
    34·
    2 months ago

    It varies within english too.

    Cunt is an offensive term in British English while it is a term of endearment in Australian English

    • 9point6@lemmy.world
      19·
      2 months ago

      FWIW I think it’s mostly gone the Aussie way in the UK over the past decade unless you’re taking to a pensioner.

      Just the yanks now

      • kip@piefed.zipEnglish
        9·
        2 months ago

        I’ll confirm this, my english mother in her 70s who happily uses swears of all strengths up to and including fuck used to screw her face up in a scowl if you dropped a cunt in conversation, but now doesn’t bat an eye

    • 48954246@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      2 months ago

      Context is very important there. I definitely wouldn’t recommend calling random people in the streets cunts