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The magazine was being sold in W H Smith for the first time ever during this period, and with their typical schoolboy sense of humour, the editors had placed this cartoon on the cover deliberately to cause offence. Mary’s ultimate aim was to say ‘cunt’ on the cover – this was blocked out. Eventually, she came up with the word ‘fitbin’, which, the readers were told, was an incredibly rude word. As it wasn’t, of course, the page was uncensored. Afterwards she still made attempts to swear on various covers and in various strips, until she finally got the chance to swear on the cover of Issue 99. Sadly, her wish was broken as she lost her voice, and the other characters taunted her as a result.
Fitbin is still occasionally heard as a swearword, although Sweary mary, by contrast, having largely fulfilled her function, has almost completely disappeared from the pages of Viz.

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By: Hot Ebay Store » Blog Archive » Bad Science » Sweary Mary

Hot Ebay Store » Blog Archive » Bad Science » Sweary Mary — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:28:48 +0000

[...] Ben Goldacre wrote an interesting post today onBad Science Â» Sweary MaryHere’s a quick excerptIn that case it would be just as acceptable to have another racist on talking about thieving Pakis, or thieving Jews. Just because Wayne has got a smart suit and some hip glasses doesn’t make his racist outburst more acceptable. … [...]

By: Swear words - ranked list of rudeness

Swear words - ranked list of rudeness — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:54:51 +0000

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By: Frak this! Galactica’s linguistic legacy. : systems.tinuum.net

Frak this! Galactica’s linguistic legacy. : systems.tinuum.net — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:06:31 +0000

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By: Clay

Clay — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:50:57 +0000

As a non-theist I find it wonderful that “God” and “Jesus Christ” are on the foul language list.

Tops on the swearword list is still the old George Carlin “7 words you can’t say on television”.

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By: i-eclectica.org » Blog Archive » Swear words

i-eclectica.org » Blog Archive » Swear words — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:44:10 +0000

[...] words like ’shit’ scrambled. Well, while we were chatting, Harry googled and found on Bad Science what seems to be an official document on what the BBC deems to be swear words. Given that words [...]

By: bonkos.com » Blog Archive » Swear Words ranked by offensiveness

bonkos.com » Blog Archive » Swear Words ranked by offensiveness — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 23:45:39 +0000

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By: Jewschool » Blog Archive » Mishegaas

Jewschool » Blog Archive » Mishegaas — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 03:28:17 +0000

[...] Roughly half of all Brits surveyed believe that “Jew” is a swear word. [...]

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Cartoons Fans Lounge — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:37:17 +0000

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links for 2007-07-31 « Simply… A User — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:45:13 +0000

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By: HannarCookie

HannarCookie — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:54:30 +0000

How the fuck is JEW a swearword?!

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By: sciencefan

sciencefan — Sat, 20 May 2006 20:15:41 +0000

To follow pv’s piece on the Swiss town of Cunty, I recently saw an Austrian leaflet, conveniently bi-lingual, recommending “holidays in sun-blessed Wank” .
Presumably the BBC would have no trouble with that one though – it doesn’t figure in the rankings.

One question occurs to me on this thread: has it the highest level of interest in the whole of the BadScience site? If so, is this a ‘science’ thing – perhaps because scientists in general are said to be less articulate than, say (plucking another category at random) Humanities graduates? Just a thought!

By: TRiG

TRiG — Tue, 09 May 2006 16:48:23 +0000

“I’m glad to see there are no foul words in your dictionary, Doctor Johnson.”

“So you’ve been looking for them, madam?”

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Roll Over, Play Dead » Why I’m Useless — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:59:04 +0000

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