Profanity

thumb|Profanity is often depicted in images by grawlixes, which substitute symbols for words. Profanity, also known as swearing, cursing, or cussing, is the usage of notionally offensive words for a variety of purposes, including to demonstrate disrespect or negativity, to relieve pain, to express a strong emotion (such as anger, excitement, or surprise), as a grammatical intensifier or emphasis, or to express informality or conversational intimacy. In many formal or polite social situations, it is considered impolite (a violation of social norms), and in some religious groups it is considered

Coprolalia ( ) is involuntary swearing or the involuntary utterance of obscene words or socially inappropriate and derogatory remarks. The word comes from the Greek (), meaning "dung, feces", and () "speech", from () "to talk".

thumb|Hieronymus Bosch: Visions of the Hereafter (detail); depicting [[hell (between 1490 and 1516)]] Damnation (from Latin damnatio) is the concept of divine punishment after death for sins, or good actions not done, on Earth.

'''''' () is a Finnish word meaning 'evil spirit' and a popular Finnish profanity, used similarly to the English phrase God damn, although it is considered much more profane. It is most likely the most internationally known Finnish curse word.

set of linguistic terms and phrases used to refer to sexual organs, processes and activities

George Carlin's list of "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television" or "Filthy Words"

problem caused by profanity filters on the Internet

insulting reference to someone's mother

emoji representing a pile of feces (U+1F4A9)

pejorative term in the Japanese language

Chinese slang and Internet meme

replacement of offensive language (swear words) or personal details with a beep sound

Bilingual pun in Classical Chinese and Korean

The following is a list of ethnic slurs, ethnophaulisms, or ethnic epithets that are, or have been, used as insinuations or allegations about members of a given ethnic, national, or racial group or to refer to them in a derogatory, pejorative, or otherwise insulting manner.

CHWDP or HWDP is a frequently used Polish acronym or initialism of the Polish phrase , literally meaning "(put a) dick up the police's ass." This anti-authoritarian and anti-police slogan, often written on walls in Poland, is used as a vulgar form of provocation against the police and authorities.

200px|right|thumb|Caralho written in graffiti in [[Lisbon]] '''' (, ) is a vulgar Portuguese-language word with a variety of meanings and uses. Literally, it is a noun referring to the penis, similar to English dick, but it is also used as an interjection expressing surprise, admiration, or dismay in both negative and positive senses in the same way as fuck in English. is also used in the intensifiers , placed after adjectives and sometimes adverbs and nouns to mean "very much" or "lots of", and , both of which are equivalent to the English vulgarities fucking and as fuck''.

Malakas ( ) is a commonly used profane Greek slang word, with a variety of different meanings, but literally meaning "man who masturbates". While it is typically used as an insult, with its literal equivalent in Commonwealth English being "wanker” and “jerk off” in American English, the meaning varies depending on the tone and context used. It can be an exclamation of pleasure, an expression of dark horror, a cry of anger, a declaration of affection, and other different things. Common alternative meanings include "asshole", "motherfucker" "jerk" or "idiot", and the contrasting "dude", or "mate