he word is considered obscene, but is common in many informal and familiar situa

tions. It is unclear whether the word has always been considered vulgar, or, if
not, when it first came to be used to describe (often in an extremely angry, hos
tile or belligerent manner) unpleasant circumstances or people in an intentional
ly offensive way, such as in the term motherfucker, one of its more common usage
s in some parts of the English-speaking world. Some English-speaking countries c
ensor it on television and radio. Andrea Millwood Hargrave's 2000 study of the a
ttitudes of the British public found that fuck was considered the third most sev
ere profanity and its derivative motherfucker second. Cunt was considered the mo
st severe.[1] Nevertheless, the word has become increasingly less vulgar and mor
e publicly acceptable, an example of the "dysphemism treadmill", wherein former
vulgarities become inoffensive and commonplace.[2][3] However, lawyer and lingui
st professor Pamela Hobbs,[4] has stated that, "notwithstanding its increasing p
ublic use, enduring cultural models that inform our beliefs about the nature of
sexuality and sexual acts preserve its status as a vile utterance that continues
to inspire moral outrage." Hobbs considers users rather than usage of the word
and sub-divides users into 'non-users', for whom the word "evokes the core sexua
l meanings and associated sexual imagery that motivate the taboo", and 'users' f
or whom "metaphorical uses of the word fuck no more evoke images of sexual inter
course than a ten-year-old s My mom ll kill me if she finds out evokes images of murde
r," so that the "criteria of taboo are missing."[5] Because of its increasing us
age in the public forum, in 2005 the word was included for the first time as one
of three vulgarities in The Canadian Press's Canadian Press Caps and Spelling g
uide. Journalists were advised to refrain from censoring the word but use it spa
ringly and only when its inclusion was essential to the story.[6]
he word is considered obscene, but is common in many informal and familiar situa
tions. It is unclear whether the word has always been considered vulgar, or, if
not, when it first came to be used to describe (often in an extremely angry, hos
tile or belligerent manner) unpleasant circumstances or people in an intentional
ly offensive way, such as in the term motherfucker, one of its more common usage
s in some parts of the English-speaking world. Some English-speaking countries c
ensor it on television and radio. Andrea Millwood Hargrave's 2000 study of the a
ttitudes of the British public found that fuck was considered the third most sev
ere profanity and its derivative motherfucker second. Cunt was considered the mo
st severe.[1] Nevertheless, the word has become increasingly less vulgar and mor
e publicly acceptable, an example of the "dysphemism treadmill", wherein former
vulgarities become inoffensive and commonplace.[2][3] However, lawyer and lingui
st professor Pamela Hobbs,[4] has stated that, "notwithstanding its increasing p
ublic use, enduring cultural models that inform our beliefs about the nature of
sexuality and sexual acts preserve its status as a vile utterance that continues
to inspire moral outrage." Hobbs considers users rather than usage of the word
and sub-divides users into 'non-users', for whom the word "evokes the core sexua
l meanings and associated sexual imagery that motivate the taboo", and 'users' f
or whom "metaphorical uses of the word fuck no more evoke images of sexual inter
course than a ten-year-old s My mom ll kill me if she finds out evokes images of murde
r," so that the "criteria of taboo are missing."[5] Because of its increasing us
age in the public forum, in 2005 the word was included for the first time as one
of three vulgarities in The Canadian Press's Canadian Press Caps and Spelling g
uide. Journalists were advised to refrain from censoring the word but use it spa
ringly and only when its inclusion was essential to the story.[6]
he word is considered obscene, but is common in many informal and familiar situa
tions. It is unclear whether the word has always been considered vulgar, or, if
not, when it first came to be used to describe (often in an extremely angry, hos
tile or belligerent manner) unpleasant circumstances or people in an intentional
ly offensive way, such as in the term motherfucker, one of its more common usage
s in some parts of the English-speaking world. Some English-speaking countries c
ensor it on television and radio. Andrea Millwood Hargrave's 2000 study of the a
ttitudes of the British public found that fuck was considered the third most sev
ere profanity and its derivative motherfucker second. Cunt was considered the mo
st severe.[1] Nevertheless, the word has become increasingly less vulgar and mor

e publicly acceptable, an example of the "dysphemism treadmill", wherein former

vulgarities become inoffensive and commonplace.[2][3] However, lawyer and lingui
st professor Pamela Hobbs,[4] has stated that, "notwithstanding its increasing p
ublic use, enduring cultural models that inform our beliefs about the nature of
sexuality and sexual acts preserve its status as a vile utterance that continues
to inspire moral outrage." Hobbs considers users rather than usage of the word
and sub-divides users into 'non-users', for whom the word "evokes the core sexua
l meanings and associated sexual imagery that motivate the taboo", and 'users' f
or whom "metaphorical uses of the word fuck no more evoke images of sexual inter
course than a ten-year-old s My mom ll kill me if she finds out evokes images of murde
r," so that the "criteria of taboo are missing."[5] Because of its increasing us
age in the public forum, in 2005 the word was included for the first time as one
of three vulgarities in The Canadian Press's Canadian Press Caps and Spelling g
uide. Journalists were advised to refrain from censoring the word but use it spa
ringly and only when its inclusion was essential to the story.[6]
he word is considered obscene, but is common in many informal and familiar situa
tions. It is unclear whether the word has always been considered vulgar, or, if
not, when it first came to be used to describe (often in an extremely angry, hos
tile or belligerent manner) unpleasant circumstances or people in an intentional
ly offensive way, such as in the term motherfucker, one of its more common usage
s in some parts of the English-speaking world. Some English-speaking countries c
ensor it on television and radio. Andrea Millwood Hargrave's 2000 study of the a
ttitudes of the British public found that fuck was considered the third most sev
ere profanity and its derivative motherfucker second. Cunt was considered the mo
st severe.[1] Nevertheless, the word has become increasingly less vulgar and mor
e publicly acceptable, an example of the "dysphemism treadmill", wherein former
vulgarities become inoffensive and commonplace.[2][3] However, lawyer and lingui
st professor Pamela Hobbs,[4] has stated that, "notwithstanding its increasing p
ublic use, enduring cultural models that inform our beliefs about the nature of
sexuality and sexual acts preserve its status as a vile utterance that continues
to inspire moral outrage." Hobbs considers users rather than usage of the word
and sub-divides users into 'non-users', for whom the word "evokes the core sexua
l meanings and associated sexual imagery that motivate the taboo", and 'users' f
or whom "metaphorical uses of the word fuck no more evoke images of sexual inter
course than a ten-year-old s My mom ll kill me if she finds out evokes images of murde
r," so that the "criteria of taboo are missing."[5] Because of its increasing us
age in the public forum, in 2005 the word was included for the first time as one
of three vulgarities in The Canadian Press's Canadian Press Caps and Spelling g
uide. Journalists were advised to refrain from censoring the word but use it spa
ringly and only when its inclusion was essential to the story.[6]
he word is considered obscene, but is common in many informal and familiar situa
tions. It is unclear whether the word has always been considered vulgar, or, if
not, when it first came to be used to describe (often in an extremely angry, hos
tile or belligerent manner) unpleasant circumstances or people in an intentional
ly offensive way, such as in the term motherfucker, one of its more common usage
s in some parts of the English-speaking world. Some English-speaking countries c
ensor it on television and radio. Andrea Millwood Hargrave's 2000 study of the a
ttitudes of the British public found that fuck was considered the third most sev
ere profanity and its derivative motherfucker second. Cunt was considered the mo
st severe.[1] Nevertheless, the word has become increasingly less vulgar and mor
e publicly acceptable, an example of the "dysphemism treadmill", wherein former
vulgarities become inoffensive and commonplace.[2][3] However, lawyer and lingui
st professor Pamela Hobbs,[4] has stated that, "notwithstanding its increasing p
ublic use, enduring cultural models that inform our beliefs about the nature of
sexuality and sexual acts preserve its status as a vile utterance that continues
to inspire moral outrage." Hobbs considers users rather than usage of the word
and sub-divides users into 'non-users', for whom the word "evokes the core sexua
l meanings and associated sexual imagery that motivate the taboo", and 'users' f
or whom "metaphorical uses of the word fuck no more evoke images of sexual inter
course than a ten-year-old s My mom ll kill me if she finds out evokes images of murde

r," so that the "criteria of taboo are missing."[5] Because of its increasing us
age in the public forum, in 2005 the word was included for the first time as one
of three vulgarities in The Canadian Press's Canadian Press Caps and Spelling g
uide. Journalists were advised to refrain from censoring the word but use it spa
ringly and only when its inclusion was essential to the story.[6]
he word is considered obscene, but is common in many informal and familiar situa
tions. It is unclear whether the word has always been considered vulgar, or, if
not, when it first came to be used to describe (often in an extremely angry, hos
tile or belligerent manner) unpleasant circumstances or people in an intentional
ly offensive way, such as in the term motherfucker, one of its more common usage
s in some parts of the English-speaking world. Some English-speaking countries c
ensor it on television and radio. Andrea Millwood Hargrave's 2000 study of the a
ttitudes of the British public found that fuck was considered the third most sev
ere profanity and its derivative motherfucker second. Cunt was considered the mo
st severe.[1] Nevertheless, the word has become increasingly less vulgar and mor
e publicly acceptable, an example of the "dysphemism treadmill", wherein former
vulgarities become inoffensive and commonplace.[2][3] However, lawyer and lingui
st professor Pamela Hobbs,[4] has stated that, "notwithstanding its increasing p
ublic use, enduring cultural models that inform our beliefs about the nature of
sexuality and sexual acts preserve its status as a vile utterance that continues
to inspire moral outrage." Hobbs considers users rather than usage of the word
and sub-divides users into 'non-users', for whom the word "evokes the core sexua
l meanings and associated sexual imagery that motivate the taboo", and 'users' f
or whom "metaphorical uses of the word fuck no more evoke images of sexual inter
course than a ten-year-old s My mom ll kill me if she finds out evokes images of murde
r," so that the "criteria of taboo are missing."[5] Because of its increasing us
age in the public forum, in 2005 the word was included for the first time as one
of three vulgarities in The Canadian Press's Canadian Press Caps and Spelling g
uide. Journalists were advised to refrain from censoring the word but use it spa
ringly and only when its inclusion was essential to the story.[6]
he word is considered obscene, but is common in many informal and familiar situa
tions. It is unclear whether the word has always been considered vulgar, or, if
not, when it first came to be used to describe (often in an extremely angry, hos
tile or belligerent manner) unpleasant circumstances or people in an intentional
ly offensive way, such as in the term motherfucker, one of its more common usage
s in some parts of the English-speaking world. Some English-speaking countries c
ensor it on television and radio. Andrea Millwood Hargrave's 2000 study of the a
ttitudes of the British public found that fuck was considered the third most sev
ere profanity and its derivative motherfucker second. Cunt was considered the mo
st severe.[1] Nevertheless, the word has become increasingly less vulgar and mor
e publicly acceptable, an example of the "dysphemism treadmill", wherein former
vulgarities become inoffensive and commonplace.[2][3] However, lawyer and lingui
st professor Pamela Hobbs,[4] has stated that, "notwithstanding its increasing p
ublic use, enduring cultural models that inform our beliefs about the nature of
sexuality and sexual acts preserve its status as a vile utterance that continues
to inspire moral outrage." Hobbs considers users rather than usage of the word
and sub-divides users into 'non-users', for whom the word "evokes the core sexua
l meanings and associated sexual imagery that motivate the taboo", and 'users' f
or whom "metaphorical uses of the word fuck no more evoke images of sexual inter
course than a ten-year-old s My mom ll kill me if she finds out evokes images of murde
r," so that the "criteria of taboo are missing."[5] Because of its increasing us
age in the public forum, in 2005 the word was included for the first time as one
of three vulgarities in The Canadian Press's Canadian Press Caps and Spelling g
uide. Journalists were advised to refrain from censoring the word but use it spa
ringly and only when its inclusion was essential to the story.[6]
he word is considered obscene, but is common in many informal and familiar situa
tions. It is unclear whether the word has always been considered vulgar, or, if
not, when it first came to be used to describe (often in an extremely angry, hos
tile or belligerent manner) unpleasant circumstances or people in an intentional
ly offensive way, such as in the term motherfucker, one of its more common usage

s in some parts of the English-speaking world. Some English-speaking countries c

ensor it on television and radio. Andrea Millwood Hargrave's 2000 study of the a
ttitudes of the British public found that fuck was considered the third most sev
ere profanity and its derivative motherfucker second. Cunt was considered the mo
st severe.[1] Nevertheless, the word has become increasingly less vulgar and mor
e publicly acceptable, an example of the "dysphemism treadmill", wherein former
vulgarities become inoffensive and commonplace.[2][3] However, lawyer and lingui
st professor Pamela Hobbs,[4] has stated that, "notwithstanding its increasing p
ublic use, enduring cultural models that inform our beliefs about the nature of
sexuality and sexual acts preserve its status as a vile utterance that continues
to inspire moral outrage." Hobbs considers users rather than usage of the word
and sub-divides users into 'non-users', for whom the word "evokes the core sexua
l meanings and associated sexual imagery that motivate the taboo", and 'users' f
or whom "metaphorical uses of the word fuck no more evoke images of sexual inter
course than a ten-year-old s My mom ll kill me if she finds out evokes images of murde
r," so that the "criteria of taboo are missing."[5] Because of its increasing us
age in the public forum, in 2005 the word was included for the first time as one
of three vulgarities in The Canadian Press's Canadian Press Caps and Spelling g
uide. Journalists were advised to refrain from censoring the word but use it spa
ringly and only when its inclusion was essential to the story.[6]
he word is considered obscene, but is common in many informal and familiar situa
tions. It is unclear whether the word has always been considered vulgar, or, if
not, when it first came to be used to describe (often in an extremely angry, hos
tile or belligerent manner) unpleasant circumstances or people in an intentional
ly offensive way, such as in the term motherfucker, one of its more common usage
s in some parts of the English-speaking world. Some English-speaking countries c
ensor it on television and radio. Andrea Millwood Hargrave's 2000 study of the a
ttitudes of the British public found that fuck was considered the third most sev
ere profanity and its derivative motherfucker second. Cunt was considered the mo
st severe.[1] Nevertheless, the word has become increasingly less vulgar and mor
e publicly acceptable, an example of the "dysphemism treadmill", wherein former
vulgarities become inoffensive and commonplace.[2][3] However, lawyer and lingui
st professor Pamela Hobbs,[4] has stated that, "notwithstanding its increasing p
ublic use, enduring cultural models that inform our beliefs about the nature of
sexuality and sexual acts preserve its status as a vile utterance that continues
to inspire moral outrage." Hobbs considers users rather than usage of the word
and sub-divides users into 'non-users', for whom the word "evokes the core sexua
l meanings and associated sexual imagery that motivate the taboo", and 'users' f
or whom "metaphorical uses of the word fuck no more evoke images of sexual inter
course than a ten-year-old s My mom ll kill me if she finds out evokes images of murde
r," so that the "criteria of taboo are missing."[5] Because of its increasing us
age in the public forum, in 2005 the word was included for the first time as one
of three vulgarities in The Canadian Press's Canadian Press Caps and Spelling g
uide. Journalists were advised to refrain from censoring the word but use it spa
ringly and only when its inclusion was essential to the story.[6]
he word is considered obscene, but is common in many informal and familiar situa
tions. It is unclear whether the word has always been considered vulgar, or, if
not, when it first came to be used to describe (often in an extremely angry, hos
tile or belligerent manner) unpleasant circumstances or people in an intentional
ly offensive way, such as in the term motherfucker, one of its more common usage
s in some parts of the English-speaking world. Some English-speaking countries c
ensor it on television and radio. Andrea Millwood Hargrave's 2000 study of the a
ttitudes of the British public found that fuck was considered the third most sev
ere profanity and its derivative motherfucker second. Cunt was considered the mo
st severe.[1] Nevertheless, the word has become increasingly less vulgar and mor
e publicly acceptable, an example of the "dysphemism treadmill", wherein former
vulgarities become inoffensive and commonplace.[2][3] However, lawyer and lingui
st professor Pamela Hobbs,[4] has stated that, "notwithstanding its increasing p
ublic use, enduring cultural models that inform our beliefs about the nature of

sexuality and sexual acts preserve its status as a vile utterance that continues
to inspire moral outrage." Hobbs considers users rather than usage of the word
and sub-divides users into 'non-users', for whom the word "evokes the core sexua
l meanings and associated sexual imagery that motivate the taboo", and 'users' f
or whom "metaphorical uses of the word fuck no more evoke images of sexual inter
course than a ten-year-old s My mom ll kill me if she finds out evokes images of murde
r," so that the "criteria of taboo are missing."[5] Because of its increasing us
age in the public forum, in 2005 the word was included for the first time as one
of three vulgarities in The Canadian Press's Canadian Press Caps and Spelling g
uide. Journalists were advised to refrain from censoring the word but use it spa
ringly and only when its inclusion was essential to the story.[6]
he word is considered obscene, but is common in many informal and familiar situa
tions. It is unclear whether the word has always been considered vulgar, or, if
not, when it first came to be used to describe (often in an extremely angry, hos
tile or belligerent manner) unpleasant circumstances or people in an intentional
ly offensive way, such as in the term motherfucker, one of its more common usage
s in some parts of the English-speaking world. Some English-speaking countries c
ensor it on television and radio. Andrea Millwood Hargrave's 2000 study of the a
ttitudes of the British public found that fuck was considered the third most sev
ere profanity and its derivative motherfucker second. Cunt was considered the mo
st severe.[1] Nevertheless, the word has become increasingly less vulgar and mor
e publicly acceptable, an example of the "dysphemism treadmill", wherein former
vulgarities become inoffensive and commonplace.[2][3] However, lawyer and lingui
st professor Pamela Hobbs,[4] has stated that, "notwithstanding its increasing p
ublic use, enduring cultural models that inform our beliefs about the nature of
sexuality and sexual acts preserve its status as a vile utterance that continues
to inspire moral outrage." Hobbs considers users rather than usage of the word
and sub-divides users into 'non-users', for whom the word "evokes the core sexua
l meanings and associated sexual imagery that motivate the taboo", and 'users' f
or whom "metaphorical uses of the word fuck no more evoke images of sexual inter
course than a ten-year-old s My mom ll kill me if she finds out evokes images of murde
r," so that the "criteria of taboo are missing."[5] Because of its increasing us
age in the public forum, in 2005 the word was included for the first time as one
of three vulgarities in The Canadian Press's Canadian Press Caps and Spelling g
uide. Journalists were advised to refrain from censoring the word but use it spa
ringly and only when its inclusion was essential to the story.[6]
he word is considered obscene, but is common in many informal and familiar situa
tions. It is unclear whether the word has always been considered vulgar, or, if
not, when it first came to be used to describe (often in an extremely angry, hos
tile or belligerent manner) unpleasant circumstances or people in an intentional
ly offensive way, such as in the term motherfucker, one of its more common usage
s in some parts of the English-speaking world. Some English-speaking countries c
ensor it on television and radio. Andrea Millwood Hargrave's 2000 study of the a
ttitudes of the British public found that fuck was considered the third most sev
ere profanity and its derivative motherfucker second. Cunt was considered the mo
st severe.[1] Nevertheless, the word has become increasingly less vulgar and mor
e publicly acceptable, an example of the "dysphemism treadmill", wherein former
vulgarities become inoffensive and commonplace.[2][3] However, lawyer and lingui
st professor Pamela Hobbs,[4] has stated that, "notwithstanding its increasing p
ublic use, enduring cultural models that inform our beliefs about the nature of
sexuality and sexual acts preserve its status as a vile utterance that continues
to inspire moral outrage." Hobbs considers users rather than usage of the word
and sub-divides users into 'non-users', for whom the word "evokes the core sexua
l meanings and associated sexual imagery that motivate the taboo", and 'users' f
or whom "metaphorical uses of the word fuck no more evoke images of sexual inter
course than a ten-year-old s My mom ll kill me if she finds out evokes images of murde
r," so that the "criteria of taboo are missing."[5] Because of its increasing us
age in the public forum, in 2005 the word was included for the first time as one
of three vulgarities in The Canadian Press's Canadian Press Caps and Spelling g

uide. Journalists were advised to refrain from censoring the word but use it spa
ringly and only when its inclusion was essential to the story.[6]
he word is considered obscene, but is common in many informal and familiar situa
tions. It is unclear whether the word has always been considered vulgar, or, if
not, when it first came to be used to describe (often in an extremely angry, hos
tile or belligerent manner) unpleasant circumstances or people in an intentional
ly offensive way, such as in the term motherfucker, one of its more common usage
s in some parts of the English-speaking world. Some English-speaking countries c
ensor it on television and radio. Andrea Millwood Hargrave's 2000 study of the a
ttitudes of the British public found that fuck was considered the third most sev
ere profanity and its derivative motherfucker second. Cunt was considered the mo
st severe.[1] Nevertheless, the word has become increasingly less vulgar and mor
e publicly acceptable, an example of the "dysphemism treadmill", wherein former
vulgarities become inoffensive and commonplace.[2][3] However, lawyer and lingui
st professor Pamela Hobbs,[4] has stated that, "notwithstanding its increasing p
ublic use, enduring cultural models that inform our beliefs about the nature of
sexuality and sexual acts preserve its status as a vile utterance that continues
to inspire moral outrage." Hobbs considers users rather than usage of the word
and sub-divides users into 'non-users', for whom the word "evokes the core sexua
l meanings and associated sexual imagery that motivate the taboo", and 'users' f
or whom "metaphorical uses of the word fuck no more evoke images of sexual inter
course than a ten-year-old s My mom ll kill me if she finds out evokes images of murde
r," so that the "criteria of taboo are missing."[5] Because of its increasing us
age in the public forum, in 2005 the word was included for the first time as one
of three vulgarities in The Canadian Press's Canadian Press Caps and Spelling g
uide. Journalists were advised to refrain from censoring the word but use it spa
ringly and only when its inclusion was essential to the story.[6]
he word is considered obscene, but is common in many informal and familiar situa
tions. It is unclear whether the word has always been considered vulgar, or, if
not, when it first came to be used to describe (often in an extremely angry, hos
tile or belligerent manner) unpleasant circumstances or people in an intentional
ly offensive way, such as in the term motherfucker, one of its more common usage
s in some parts of the English-speaking world. Some English-speaking countries c
ensor it on television and radio. Andrea Millwood Hargrave's 2000 study of the a
ttitudes of the British public found that fuck was considered the third most sev
ere profanity and its derivative motherfucker second. Cunt was considered the mo
st severe.[1] Nevertheless, the word has become increasingly less vulgar and mor
e publicly acceptable, an example of the "dysphemism treadmill", wherein former
vulgarities become inoffensive and commonplace.[2][3] However, lawyer and lingui
st professor Pamela Hobbs,[4] has stated that, "notwithstanding its increasing p
ublic use, enduring cultural models that inform our beliefs about the nature of
sexuality and sexual acts preserve its status as a vile utterance that continues
to inspire moral outrage." Hobbs considers users rather than usage of the word
and sub-divides users into 'non-users', for whom the word "evokes the core sexua
l meanings and associated sexual imagery that motivate the taboo", and 'users' f
or whom "metaphorical uses of the word fuck no more evoke images of sexual inter
course than a ten-year-old s My mom ll kill me if she finds out evokes images of murde
r," so that the "criteria of taboo are missing."[5] Because of its increasing us
age in the public forum, in 2005 the word was included for the first time as one
of three vulgarities in The Canadian Press's Canadian Press Caps and Spelling g
uide. Journalists were advised to refrain from censoring the word but use it spa
ringly and only when its inclusion was essential to the story.[6]
he word is considered obscene, but is common in many informal and familiar situa
tions. It is unclear whether the word has always been considered vulgar, or, if
not, when it first came to be used to describe (often in an extremely angry, hos
tile or belligerent manner) unpleasant circumstances or people in an intentional
ly offensive way, such as in the term motherfucker, one of its more common usage
s in some parts of the English-speaking world. Some English-speaking countries c
ensor it on television and radio. Andrea Millwood Hargrave's 2000 study of the a

ttitudes of the British public found that fuck was considered the third most sev
ere profanity and its derivative motherfucker second. Cunt was considered the mo
st severe.[1] Nevertheless, the word has become increasingly less vulgar and mor
e publicly acceptable, an example of the "dysphemism treadmill", wherein former
vulgarities become inoffensive and commonplace.[2][3] However, lawyer and lingui
st professor Pamela Hobbs,[4] has stated that, "notwithstanding its increasing p
ublic use, enduring cultural models that inform our beliefs about the nature of
sexuality and sexual acts preserve its status as a vile utterance that continues
to inspire moral outrage." Hobbs considers users rather than usage of the word
and sub-divides users into 'non-users', for whom the word "evokes the core sexua
l meanings and associated sexual imagery that motivate the taboo", and 'users' f
or whom "metaphorical uses of the word fuck no more evoke images of sexual inter
course than a ten-year-old s My mom ll kill me if she finds out evokes images of murde
r," so that the "criteria of taboo are missing."[5] Because of its increasing us
age in the public forum, in 2005 the word was included for the first time as one
of three vulgarities in The Canadian Press's Canadian Press Caps and Spelling g
uide. Journalists were advised to refrain from censoring the word but use it spa
ringly and only when its inclusion was essential to the story.[6]
he word is considered obscene, but is common in many informal and familiar situa
tions. It is unclear whether the word has always been considered vulgar, or, if
not, when it first came to be used to describe (often in an extremely angry, hos
tile or belligerent manner) unpleasant circumstances or people in an intentional
ly offensive way, such as in the term motherfucker, one of its more common usage
s in some parts of the English-speaking world. Some English-speaking countries c
ensor it on television and radio. Andrea Millwood Hargrave's 2000 study of the a
ttitudes of the British public found that fuck was considered the third most sev
ere profanity and its derivative motherfucker second. Cunt was considered the mo
st severe.[1] Nevertheless, the word has become increasingly less vulgar and mor
e publicly acceptable, an example of the "dysphemism treadmill", wherein former
vulgarities become inoffensive and commonplace.[2][3] However, lawyer and lingui
st professor Pamela Hobbs,[4] has stated that, "notwithstanding its increasing p
ublic use, enduring cultural models that inform our beliefs about the nature of
sexuality and sexual acts preserve its status as a vile utterance that continues
to inspire moral outrage." Hobbs considers users rather than usage of the word
and sub-divides users into 'non-users', for whom the word "evokes the core sexua
l meanings and associated sexual imagery that motivate the taboo", and 'users' f
or whom "metaphorical uses of the word fuck no more evoke images of sexual inter
course than a ten-year-old s My mom ll kill me if she finds out evokes images of murde
r," so that the "criteria of taboo are missing."[5] Because of its increasing us
age in the public forum, in 2005 the word was included for the first time as one
of three vulgarities in The Canadian Press's Canadian Press Caps and Spelling g
uide. Journalists were advised to refrain from censoring the word but use it spa
ringly and only when its inclusion was essential to the story.[6]
he word is considered obscene, but is common in many informal and familiar situa
tions. It is unclear whether the word has always been considered vulgar, or, if
not, when it first came to be used to describe (often in an extremely angry, hos
tile or belligerent manner) unpleasant circumstances or people in an intentional
ly offensive way, such as in the term motherfucker, one of its more common usage
s in some parts of the English-speaking world. Some English-speaking countries c
ensor it on television and radio. Andrea Millwood Hargrave's 2000 study of the a
ttitudes of the British public found that fuck was considered the third most sev
ere profanity and its derivative motherfucker second. Cunt was considered the mo
st severe.[1] Nevertheless, the word has become increasingly less vulgar and mor
e publicly acceptable, an example of the "dysphemism treadmill", wherein former
vulgarities become inoffensive and commonplace.[2][3] However, lawyer and lingui
st professor Pamela Hobbs,[4] has stated that, "notwithstanding its increasing p
ublic use, enduring cultural models that inform our beliefs about the nature of
sexuality and sexual acts preserve its status as a vile utterance that continues
to inspire moral outrage." Hobbs considers users rather than usage of the word

and sub-divides users into 'non-users', for whom the word "evokes the core sexua
l meanings and associated sexual imagery that motivate the taboo", and 'users' f
or whom "metaphorical uses of the word fuck no more evoke images of sexual inter
course than a ten-year-old s My mom ll kill me if she finds out evokes images of murde
r," so that the "criteria of taboo are missing."[5] Because of its increasing us
age in the public forum, in 2005 the word was included for the first time as one
of three vulgarities in The Canadian Press's Canadian Press Caps and Spelling g
uide. Journalists were advised to refrain from censoring the word but use it spa
ringly and only when its inclusion was essential to the story.[6]
he word is considered obscene, but is common in many informal and familiar situa
tions. It is unclear whether the word has always been considered vulgar, or, if
not, when it first came to be used to describe (often in an extremely angry, hos
tile or belligerent manner) unpleasant circumstances or people in an intentional
ly offensive way, such as in the term motherfucker, one of its more common usage
s in some parts of the English-speaking world. Some English-speaking countries c
ensor it on television and radio. Andrea Millwood Hargrave's 2000 study of the a
ttitudes of the British public found that fuck was considered the third most sev
ere profanity and its derivative motherfucker second. Cunt was considered the mo
st severe.[1] Nevertheless, the word has become increasingly less vulgar and mor
e publicly acceptable, an example of the "dysphemism treadmill", wherein former
vulgarities become inoffensive and commonplace.[2][3] However, lawyer and lingui
st professor Pamela Hobbs,[4] has stated that, "notwithstanding its increasing p
ublic use, enduring cultural models that inform our beliefs about the nature of
sexuality and sexual acts preserve its status as a vile utterance that continues
to inspire moral outrage." Hobbs considers users rather than usage of the word
and sub-divides users into 'non-users', for whom the word "evokes the core sexua
l meanings and associated sexual imagery that motivate the taboo", and 'users' f
or whom "metaphorical uses of the word fuck no more evoke images of sexual inter
course than a ten-year-old s My mom ll kill me if she finds out evokes images of murde
r," so that the "criteria of taboo are missing."[5] Because of its increasing us
age in the public forum, in 2005 the word was included for the first time as one
of three vulgarities in The Canadian Press's Canadian Press Caps and Spelling g
uide. Journalists were advised to refrain from censoring the word but use it spa
ringly and only when its inclusion was essential to the story.[6]
he word is considered obscene, but is common in many informal and familiar situa
tions. It is unclear whether the word has always been considered vulgar, or, if
not, when it first came to be used to describe (often in an extremely angry, hos
tile or belligerent manner) unpleasant circumstances or people in an intentional
ly offensive way, such as in the term motherfucker, one of its more common usage
s in some parts of the English-speaking world. Some English-speaking countries c
ensor it on television and radio. Andrea Millwood Hargrave's 2000 study of the a
ttitudes of the British public found that fuck was considered the third most sev
ere profanity and its derivative motherfucker second. Cunt was considered the mo
st severe.[1] Nevertheless, the word has become increasingly less vulgar and mor
e publicly acceptable, an example of the "dysphemism treadmill", wherein former
vulgarities become inoffensive and commonplace.[2][3] However, lawyer and lingui
st professor Pamela Hobbs,[4] has stated that, "notwithstanding its increasing p
ublic use, enduring cultural models that inform our beliefs about the nature of
sexuality and sexual acts preserve its status as a vile utterance that continues
to inspire moral outrage." Hobbs considers users rather than usage of the word
and sub-divides users into 'non-users', for whom the word "evokes the core sexua
l meanings and associated sexual imagery that motivate the taboo", and 'users' f
or whom "metaphorical uses of the word fuck no more evoke images of sexual inter
course than a ten-year-old s My mom ll kill me if she finds out evokes images of murde
r," so that the "criteria of taboo are missing."[5] Because of its increasing us
age in the public forum, in 2005 the word was included for the first time as one
of three vulgarities in The Canadian Press's Canadian Press Caps and Spelling g
uide. Journalists were advised to refrain from censoring the word but use it spa
ringly and only when its inclusion was essential to the story.[6]

he word is considered obscene, but is common in many informal and familiar situa
tions. It is unclear whether the word has always been considered vulgar, or, if
not, when it first came to be used to describe (often in an extremely angry, hos
tile or belligerent manner) unpleasant circumstances or people in an intentional
ly offensive way, such as in the term motherfucker, one of its more common usage
s in some parts of the English-speaking world. Some English-speaking countries c
ensor it on television and radio. Andrea Millwood Hargrave's 2000 study of the a
ttitudes of the British public found that fuck was considered the third most sev
ere profanity and its derivative motherfucker second. Cunt was considered the mo
st severe.[1] Nevertheless, the word has become increasingly less vulgar and mor
e publicly acceptable, an example of the "dysphemism treadmill", wherein former
vulgarities become inoffensive and commonplace.[2][3] However, lawyer and lingui
st professor Pamela Hobbs,[4] has stated that, "notwithstanding its increasing p
ublic use, enduring cultural models that inform our beliefs about the nature of
sexuality and sexual acts preserve its status as a vile utterance that continues
to inspire moral outrage." Hobbs considers users rather than usage of the word
and sub-divides users into 'non-users', for whom the word "evokes the core sexua
l meanings and associated sexual imagery that motivate the taboo", and 'users' f
or whom "metaphorical uses of the word fuck no more evoke images of sexual inter
course than a ten-year-old s My mom ll kill me if she finds out evokes images of murde
r," so that the "criteria of taboo are missing."[5] Because of its increasing us
age in the public forum, in 2005 the word was included for the first time as one
of three vulgarities in The Canadian Press's Canadian Press Caps and Spelling g
uide. Journalists were advised to refrain from censoring the word but use it spa
ringly and only when its inclusion was essential to the story.[6]
he word is considered obscene, but is common in many informal and familiar situa
tions. It is unclear whether the word has always been considered vulgar, or, if
not, when it first came to be used to describe (often in an extremely angry, hos
tile or belligerent manner) unpleasant circumstances or people in an intentional
ly offensive way, such as in the term motherfucker, one of its more common usage
s in some parts of the English-speaking world. Some English-speaking countries c
ensor it on television and radio. Andrea Millwood Hargrave's 2000 study of the a
ttitudes of the British public found that fuck was considered the third most sev
ere profanity and its derivative motherfucker second. Cunt was considered the mo
st severe.[1] Nevertheless, the word has become increasingly less vulgar and mor
e publicly acceptable, an example of the "dysphemism treadmill", wherein former
vulgarities become inoffensive and commonplace.[2][3] However, lawyer and lingui
st professor Pamela Hobbs,[4] has stated that, "notwithstanding its increasing p
ublic use, enduring cultural models that inform our beliefs about the nature of
sexuality and sexual acts preserve its status as a vile utterance that continues
to inspire moral outrage." Hobbs considers users rather than usage of the word
and sub-divides users into 'non-users', for whom the word "evokes the core sexua
l meanings and associated sexual imagery that motivate the taboo", and 'users' f
or whom "metaphorical uses of the word fuck no more evoke images of sexual inter
course than a ten-year-old s My mom ll kill me if she finds out evokes images of murde
r," so that the "criteria of taboo are missing."[5] Because of its increasing us
age in the public forum, in 2005 the word was included for the first time as one
of three vulgarities in The Canadian Press's Canadian Press Caps and Spelling g
uide. Journalists were advised to refrain from censoring the word but use it spa
ringly and only when its inclusion was essential to the story.[6]
he word is considered obscene, but is common in many informal and familiar situa
tions. It is unclear whether the word has always been considered vulgar, or, if
not, when it first came to be used to describe (often in an extremely angry, hos
tile or belligerent manner) unpleasant circumstances or people in an intentional
ly offensive way, such as in the term motherfucker, one of its more common usage
s in some parts of the English-speaking world. Some English-speaking countries c
ensor it on television and radio. Andrea Millwood Hargrave's 2000 study of the a
ttitudes of the British public found that fuck was considered the third most sev
ere profanity and its derivative motherfucker second. Cunt was considered the mo
st severe.[1] Nevertheless, the word has become increasingly less vulgar and mor

e publicly acceptable, an example of the "dysphemism treadmill", wherein former

vulgarities become inoffensive and commonplace.[2][3] However, lawyer and lingui
st professor Pamela Hobbs,[4] has stated that, "notwithstanding its increasing p
ublic use, enduring cultural models that inform our beliefs about the nature of
sexuality and sexual acts preserve its status as a vile utterance that continues
to inspire moral outrage." Hobbs considers users rather than usage of the word
and sub-divides users into 'non-users', for whom the word "evokes the core sexua
l meanings and associated sexual imagery that motivate the taboo", and 'users' f
or whom "metaphorical uses of the word fuck no more evoke images of sexual inter
course than a ten-year-old s My mom ll kill me if she finds out evokes images of murde
r," so that the "criteria of taboo are missing."[5] Because of its increasing us
age in the public forum, in 2005 the word was included for the first time as one
of three vulgarities in The Canadian Press's Canadian Press Caps and Spelling g
uide. Journalists were advised to refrain from censoring the word but use it spa
ringly and only when its inclusion was essential to the story.[6]
he word is considered obscene, but is common in many informal and familiar situa
tions. It is unclear whether the word has always been considered vulgar, or, if
not, when it first came to be used to describe (often in an extremely angry, hos
tile or belligerent manner) unpleasant circumstances or people in an intentional
ly offensive way, such as in the term motherfucker, one of its more common usage
s in some parts of the English-speaking world. Some English-speaking countries c
ensor it on television and radio. Andrea Millwood Hargrave's 2000 study of the a
ttitudes of the British public found that fuck was considered the third most sev
ere profanity and its derivative motherfucker second. Cunt was considered the mo
st severe.[1] Nevertheless, the word has become increasingly less vulgar and mor
e publicly acceptable, an example of the "dysphemism treadmill", wherein former
vulgarities become inoffensive and commonplace.[2][3] However, lawyer and lingui
st professor Pamela Hobbs,[4] has stated that, "notwithstanding its increasing p
ublic use, enduring cultural models that inform our beliefs about the nature of
sexuality and sexual acts preserve its status as a vile utterance that continues
to inspire moral outrage." Hobbs considers users rather than usage of the word
and sub-divides users into 'non-users', for whom the word "evokes the core sexua
l meanings and associated sexual imagery that motivate the taboo", and 'users' f
or whom "metaphorical uses of the word fuck no more evoke images of sexual inter
course than a ten-year-old s My mom ll kill me if she finds out evokes images of murde
r," so that the "criteria of taboo are missing."[5] Because of its increasing us
age in the public forum, in 2005 the word was included for the first time as one
of three vulgarities in The Canadian Press's Canadian Press Caps and Spelling g
uide. Journalists were advised to refrain from censoring the word but use it spa
ringly and only when its inclusion was essential to the story.[6]
he word is considered obscene, but is common in many informal and familiar situa
tions. It is unclear whether the word has always been considered vulgar, or, if
not, when it first came to be used to describe (often in an extremely angry, hos
tile or belligerent manner) unpleasant circumstances or people in an intentional
ly offensive way, such as in the term motherfucker, one of its more common usage
s in some parts of the English-speaking world. Some English-speaking countries c
ensor it on television and radio. Andrea Millwood Hargrave's 2000 study of the a
ttitudes of the British public found that fuck was considered the third most sev
ere profanity and its derivative motherfucker second. Cunt was considered the mo
st severe.[1] Nevertheless, the word has become increasingly less vulgar and mor
e publicly acceptable, an example of the "dysphemism treadmill", wherein former
vulgarities become inoffensive and commonplace.[2][3] However, lawyer and lingui
st professor Pamela Hobbs,[4] has stated that, "notwithstanding its increasing p
ublic use, enduring cultural models that inform our beliefs about the nature of
sexuality and sexual acts preserve its status as a vile utterance that continues
to inspire moral outrage." Hobbs considers users rather than usage of the word
and sub-divides users into 'non-users', for whom the word "evokes the core sexua
l meanings and associated sexual imagery that motivate the taboo", and 'users' f
or whom "metaphorical uses of the word fuck no more evoke images of sexual inter

course than a ten-year-old s My mom ll kill me if she finds out evokes images of murde
r," so that the "criteria of taboo are missing."[5] Because of its increasing us
age in the public forum, in 2005 the word was included for the first time as one
of three vulgarities in The Canadian Press's Canadian Press Caps and Spelling g
uide. Journalists were advised to refrain from censoring the word but use it spa
ringly and only when its inclusion was essential to the story.[6]
he word is considered obscene, but is common in many informal and familiar situa
tions. It is unclear whether the word has always been considered vulgar, or, if
not, when it first came to be used to describe (often in an extremely angry, hos
tile or belligerent manner) unpleasant circumstances or people in an intentional
ly offensive way, such as in the term motherfucker, one of its more common usage
s in some parts of the English-speaking world. Some English-speaking countries c
ensor it on television and radio. Andrea Millwood Hargrave's 2000 study of the a
ttitudes of the British public found that fuck was considered the third most sev
ere profanity and its derivative motherfucker second. Cunt was considered the mo
st severe.[1] Nevertheless, the word has become increasingly less vulgar and mor
e publicly acceptable, an example of the "dysphemism treadmill", wherein former
vulgarities become inoffensive and commonplace.[2][3] However, lawyer and lingui
st professor Pamela Hobbs,[4] has stated that, "notwithstanding its increasing p
ublic use, enduring cultural models that inform our beliefs about the nature of
sexuality and sexual acts preserve its status as a vile utterance that continues
to inspire moral outrage." Hobbs considers users rather than usage of the word
and sub-divides users into 'non-users', for whom the word "evokes the core sexua
l meanings and associated sexual imagery that motivate the taboo", and 'users' f
or whom "metaphorical uses of the word fuck no more evoke images of sexual inter
course than a ten-year-old s My mom ll kill me if she finds out evokes images of murde
r," so that the "criteria of taboo are missing."[5] Because of its increasing us
age in the public forum, in 2005 the word was included for the first time as one
of three vulgarities in The Canadian Press's Canadian Press Caps and Spelling g
uide. Journalists were advised to refrain from censoring the word but use it spa
ringly and only when its inclusion was essential to the story.[6]
he word is considered obscene, but is common in many informal and familiar situa
tions. It is unclear whether the word has always been considered vulgar, or, if
not, when it first came to be used to describe (often in an extremely angry, hos
tile or belligerent manner) unpleasant circumstances or people in an intentional
ly offensive way, such as in the term motherfucker, one of its more common usage
s in some parts of the English-speaking world. Some English-speaking countries c
ensor it on television and radio. Andrea Millwood Hargrave's 2000 study of the a
ttitudes of the British public found that fuck was considered the third most sev
ere profanity and its derivative motherfucker second. Cunt was considered the mo
st severe.[1] Nevertheless, the word has become increasingly less vulgar and mor
e publicly acceptable, an example of the "dysphemism treadmill", wherein former
vulgarities become inoffensive and commonplace.[2][3] However, lawyer and lingui
st professor Pamela Hobbs,[4] has stated that, "notwithstanding its increasing p
ublic use, enduring cultural models that inform our beliefs about the nature of
sexuality and sexual acts preserve its status as a vile utterance that continues
to inspire moral outrage." Hobbs considers users rather than usage of the word
and sub-divides users into 'non-users', for whom the word "evokes the core sexua
l meanings and associated sexual imagery that motivate the taboo", and 'users' f
or whom "metaphorical uses of the word fuck no more evoke images of sexual inter
course than a ten-year-old s My mom ll kill me if she finds out evokes images of murde
r," so that the "criteria of taboo are missing."[5] Because of its increasing us
age in the public forum, in 2005 the word was included for the first time as one
of three vulgarities in The Canadian Press's Canadian Press Caps and Spelling g
uide. Journalists were advised to refrain from censoring the word but use it spa
ringly and only when its inclusion was essential to the story.[6]
he word is considered obscene, but is common in many informal and familiar situa
tions. It is unclear whether the word has always been considered vulgar, or, if
not, when it first came to be used to describe (often in an extremely angry, hos

tile or belligerent manner) unpleasant circumstances or people in an intentional

ly offensive way, such as in the term motherfucker, one of its more common usage
s in some parts of the English-speaking world. Some English-speaking countries c
ensor it on television and radio. Andrea Millwood Hargrave's 2000 study of the a
ttitudes of the British public found that fuck was considered the third most sev
ere profanity and its derivative motherfucker second. Cunt was considered the mo
st severe.[1] Nevertheless, the word has become increasingly less vulgar and mor
e publicly acceptable, an example of the "dysphemism treadmill", wherein former
vulgarities become inoffensive and commonplace.[2][3] However, lawyer and lingui
st professor Pamela Hobbs,[4] has stated that, "notwithstanding its increasing p
ublic use, enduring cultural models that inform our beliefs about the nature of
sexuality and sexual acts preserve its status as a vile utterance that continues
to inspire moral outrage." Hobbs considers users rather than usage of the word
and sub-divides users into 'non-users', for whom the word "evokes the core sexua
l meanings and associated sexual imagery that motivate the taboo", and 'users' f
or whom "metaphorical uses of the word fuck no more evoke images of sexual inter
course than a ten-year-old s My mom ll kill me if she finds out evokes images of murde
r," so that the "criteria of taboo are missing."[5] Because of its increasing us
age in the public forum, in 2005 the word was included for the first time as one
of three vulgarities in The Canadian Press's Canadian Press Caps and Spelling g
uide. Journalists were advised to refrain from censoring the word but use it spa
ringly and only when its inclusion was essential to the story.[6]
he word is considered obscene, but is common in many informal and familiar situa
tions. It is unclear whether the word has always been considered vulgar, or, if
not, when it first came to be used to describe (often in an extremely angry, hos
tile or belligerent manner) unpleasant circumstances or people in an intentional
ly offensive way, such as in the term motherfucker, one of its more common usage
s in some parts of the English-speaking world. Some English-speaking countries c
ensor it on television and radio. Andrea Millwood Hargrave's 2000 study of the a
ttitudes of the British public found that fuck was considered the third most sev
ere profanity and its derivative motherfucker second. Cunt was considered the mo
st severe.[1] Nevertheless, the word has become increasingly less vulgar and mor
e publicly acceptable, an example of the "dysphemism treadmill", wherein former
vulgarities become inoffensive and commonplace.[2][3] However, lawyer and lingui
st professor Pamela Hobbs,[4] has stated that, "notwithstanding its increasing p
ublic use, enduring cultural models that inform our beliefs about the nature of
sexuality and sexual acts preserve its status as a vile utterance that continues
to inspire moral outrage." Hobbs considers users rather than usage of the word
and sub-divides users into 'non-users', for whom the word "evokes the core sexua
l meanings and associated sexual imagery that motivate the taboo", and 'users' f
or whom "metaphorical uses of the word fuck no more evoke images of sexual inter
course than a ten-year-old s My mom ll kill me if she finds out evokes images of murde
r," so that the "criteria of taboo are missing."[5] Because of its increasing us
age in the public forum, in 2005 the word was included for the first time as one
of three vulgarities in The Canadian Press's Canadian Press Caps and Spelling g
uide. Journalists were advised to refrain from censoring the word but use it spa
ringly and only when its inclusion was essential to the story.[6]
he word is considered obscene, but is common in many informal and familiar situa
tions. It is unclear whether the word has always been considered vulgar, or, if
not, when it first came to be used to describe (often in an extremely angry, hos
tile or belligerent manner) unpleasant circumstances or people in an intentional
ly offensive way, such as in the term motherfucker, one of its more common usage
s in some parts of the English-speaking world. Some English-speaking countries c
ensor it on television and radio. Andrea Millwood Hargrave's 2000 study of the a
ttitudes of the British public found that fuck was considered the third most sev
ere profanity and its derivative motherfucker second. Cunt was considered the mo
st severe.[1] Nevertheless, the word has become increasingly less vulgar and mor
e publicly acceptable, an example of the "dysphemism treadmill", wherein former
vulgarities become inoffensive and commonplace.[2][3] However, lawyer and lingui
st professor Pamela Hobbs,[4] has stated that, "notwithstanding its increasing p

ublic use, enduring cultural models that inform our beliefs about the nature of
sexuality and sexual acts preserve its status as a vile utterance that continues
to inspire moral outrage." Hobbs considers users rather than usage of the word
and sub-divides users into 'non-users', for whom the word "evokes the core sexua
l meanings and associated sexual imagery that motivate the taboo", and 'users' f
or whom "metaphorical uses of the word fuck no more evoke images of sexual inter
course than a ten-year-old s My mom ll kill me if she finds out evokes images of murde
r," so that the "criteria of taboo are missing."[5] Because of its increasing us
age in the public forum, in 2005 the word was included for the first time as one
of three vulgarities in The Canadian Press's Canadian Press Caps and Spelling g
uide. Journalists were advised to refrain from censoring the word but use it spa
ringly and only when its inclusion was essential to the story.[6]
he word is considered obscene, but is common in many informal and familiar situa
tions. It is unclear whether the word has always been considered vulgar, or, if
not, when it first came to be used to describe (often in an extremely angry, hos
tile or belligerent manner) unpleasant circumstances or people in an intentional
ly offensive way, such as in the term motherfucker, one of its more common usage
s in some parts of the English-speaking world. Some English-speaking countries c
ensor it on television and radio. Andrea Millwood Hargrave's 2000 study of the a
ttitudes of the British public found that fuck was considered the third most sev
ere profanity and its derivative motherfucker second. Cunt was considered the mo
st severe.[1] Nevertheless, the word has become increasingly less vulgar and mor
e publicly acceptable, an example of the "dysphemism treadmill", wherein former
vulgarities become inoffensive and commonplace.[2][3] However, lawyer and lingui
st professor Pamela Hobbs,[4] has stated that, "notwithstanding its increasing p
ublic use, enduring cultural models that inform our beliefs about the nature of
sexuality and sexual acts preserve its status as a vile utterance that continues
to inspire moral outrage." Hobbs considers users rather than usage of the word
and sub-divides users into 'non-users', for whom the word "evokes the core sexua
l meanings and associated sexual imagery that motivate the taboo", and 'users' f
or whom "metaphorical uses of the word fuck no more evoke images of sexual inter
course than a ten-year-old s My mom ll kill me if she finds out evokes images of murde
r," so that the "criteria of taboo are missing."[5] Because of its increasing us
age in the public forum, in 2005 the word was included for the first time as one
of three vulgarities in The Canadian Press's Canadian Press Caps and Spelling g
uide. Journalists were advised to refrain from censoring the word but use it spa
ringly and only when its inclusion was essential to the story.[6]
he word is considered obscene, but is common in many informal and familiar situa
tions. It is unclear whether the word has always been considered vulgar, or, if
not, when it first came to be used to describe (often in an extremely angry, hos
tile or belligerent manner) unpleasant circumstances or people in an intentional
ly offensive way, such as in the term motherfucker, one of its more common usage
s in some parts of the English-speaking world. Some English-speaking countries c
ensor it on television and radio. Andrea Millwood Hargrave's 2000 study of the a
ttitudes of the British public found that fuck was considered the third most sev
ere profanity and its derivative motherfucker second. Cunt was considered the mo
st severe.[1] Nevertheless, the word has become increasingly less vulgar and mor
e publicly acceptable, an example of the "dysphemism treadmill", wherein former
vulgarities become inoffensive and commonplace.[2][3] However, lawyer and lingui
st professor Pamela Hobbs,[4] has stated that, "notwithstanding its increasing p
ublic use, enduring cultural models that inform our beliefs about the nature of
sexuality and sexual acts preserve its status as a vile utterance that continues
to inspire moral outrage." Hobbs considers users rather than usage of the word
and sub-divides users into 'non-users', for whom the word "evokes the core sexua
l meanings and associated sexual imagery that motivate the taboo", and 'users' f
or whom "metaphorical uses of the word fuck no more evoke images of sexual inter
course than a ten-year-old s My mom ll kill me if she finds out evokes images of murde
r," so that the "criteria of taboo are missing."[5] Because of its increasing us
age in the public forum, in 2005 the word was included for the first time as one

of three vulgarities in The Canadian Press's Canadian Press Caps and Spelling g
uide. Journalists were advised to refrain from censoring the word but use it spa
ringly and only when its inclusion was essential to the story.[6]
he word is considered obscene, but is common in many informal and familiar situa
tions. It is unclear whether the word has always been considered vulgar, or, if
not, when it first came to be used to describe (often in an extremely angry, hos
tile or belligerent manner) unpleasant circumstances or people in an intentional
ly offensive way, such as in the term motherfucker, one of its more common usage
s in some parts of the English-speaking world. Some English-speaking countries c
ensor it on television and radio. Andrea Millwood Hargrave's 2000 study of the a
ttitudes of the British public found that fuck was considered the third most sev
ere profanity and its derivative motherfucker second. Cunt was considered the mo
st severe.[1] Nevertheless, the word has become increasingly less vulgar and mor
e publicly acceptable, an example of the "dysphemism treadmill", wherein former
vulgarities become inoffensive and commonplace.[2][3] However, lawyer and lingui
st professor Pamela Hobbs,[4] has stated that, "notwithstanding its increasing p
ublic use, enduring cultural models that inform our beliefs about the nature of
sexuality and sexual acts preserve its status as a vile utterance that continues
to inspire moral outrage." Hobbs considers users rather than usage of the word
and sub-divides users into 'non-users', for whom the word "evokes the core sexua
l meanings and associated sexual imagery that motivate the taboo", and 'users' f
or whom "metaphorical uses of the word fuck no more evoke images of sexual inter
course than a ten-year-old s My mom ll kill me if she finds out evokes images of murde
r," so that the "criteria of taboo are missing."[5] Because of its increasing us
age in the public forum, in 2005 the word was included for the first time as one
of three vulgarities in The Canadian Press's Canadian Press Caps and Spelling g
uide. Journalists were advised to refrain from censoring the word but use it spa
ringly and only when its inclusion was essential to the story.[6]
he word is considered obscene, but is common in many informal and familiar situa
tions. It is unclear whether the word has always been considered vulgar, or, if
not, when it first came to be used to describe (often in an extremely angry, hos
tile or belligerent manner) unpleasant circumstances or people in an intentional
ly offensive way, such as in the term motherfucker, one of its more common usage
s in some parts of the English-speaking world. Some English-speaking countries c
ensor it on television and radio. Andrea Millwood Hargrave's 2000 study of the a
ttitudes of the British public found that fuck was considered the third most sev
ere profanity and its derivative motherfucker second. Cunt was considered the mo
st severe.[1] Nevertheless, the word has become increasingly less vulgar and mor
e publicly acceptable, an example of the "dysphemism treadmill", wherein former
vulgarities become inoffensive and commonplace.[2][3] However, lawyer and lingui
st professor Pamela Hobbs,[4] has stated that, "notwithstanding its increasing p
ublic use, enduring cultural models that inform our beliefs about the nature of
sexuality and sexual acts preserve its status as a vile utterance that continues
to inspire moral outrage." Hobbs considers users rather than usage of the word
and sub-divides users into 'non-users', for whom the word "evokes the core sexua
l meanings and associated sexual imagery that motivate the taboo", and 'users' f
or whom "metaphorical uses of the word fuck no more evoke images of sexual inter
course than a ten-year-old s My mom ll kill me if she finds out evokes images of murde
r," so that the "criteria of taboo are missing."[5] Because of its increasing us
age in the public forum, in 2005 the word was included for the first time as one
of three vulgarities in The Canadian Press's Canadian Press Caps and Spelling g
uide. Journalists were advised to refrain from censoring the word but use it spa
ringly and only when its inclusion was essential to the story.[6]
he word is considered obscene, but is common in many informal and familiar situa
tions. It is unclear whether the word has always been considered vulgar, or, if
not, when it first came to be used to describe (often in an extremely angry, hos
tile or belligerent manner) unpleasant circumstances or people in an intentional
ly offensive way, such as in the term motherfucker, one of its more common usage
s in some parts of the English-speaking world. Some English-speaking countries c

ensor it on television and radio. Andrea Millwood Hargrave's 2000 study of the a
ttitudes of the British public found that fuck was considered the third most sev
ere profanity and its derivative motherfucker second. Cunt was considered the mo
st severe.[1] Nevertheless, the word has become increasingly less vulgar and mor
e publicly acceptable, an example of the "dysphemism treadmill", wherein former
vulgarities become inoffensive and commonplace.[2][3] However, lawyer and lingui
st professor Pamela Hobbs,[4] has stated that, "notwithstanding its increasing p
ublic use, enduring cultural models that inform our beliefs about the nature of
sexuality and sexual acts preserve its status as a vile utterance that continues
to inspire moral outrage." Hobbs considers users rather than usage of the word
and sub-divides users into 'non-users', for whom the word "evokes the core sexua
l meanings and associated sexual imagery that motivate the taboo", and 'users' f
or whom "metaphorical uses of the word fuck no more evoke images of sexual inter
course than a ten-year-old s My mom ll kill me if she finds out evokes images of murde
r," so that the "criteria of taboo are missing."[5] Because of its increasing us
age in the public forum, in 2005 the word was included for the first time as one
of three vulgarities in The Canadian Press's Canadian Press Caps and Spelling g
uide. Journalists were advised to refrain from censoring the word but use it spa
ringly and only when its inclusion was essential to the story.[6]
he word is considered obscene, but is common in many informal and familiar situa
tions. It is unclear whether the word has always been considered vulgar, or, if
not, when it first came to be used to describe (often in an extremely angry, hos
tile or belligerent manner) unpleasant circumstances or people in an intentional
ly offensive way, such as in the term motherfucker, one of its more common usage
s in some parts of the English-speaking world. Some English-speaking countries c
ensor it on television and radio. Andrea Millwood Hargrave's 2000 study of the a
ttitudes of the British public found that fuck was considered the third most sev
ere profanity and its derivative motherfucker second. Cunt was considered the mo
st severe.[1] Nevertheless, the word has become increasingly less vulgar and mor
e publicly acceptable, an example of the "dysphemism treadmill", wherein former
vulgarities become inoffensive and commonplace.[2][3] However, lawyer and lingui
st professor Pamela Hobbs,[4] has stated that, "notwithstanding its increasing p
ublic use, enduring cultural models that inform our beliefs about the nature of
sexuality and sexual acts preserve its status as a vile utterance that continues
to inspire moral outrage." Hobbs considers users rather than usage of the word
and sub-divides users into 'non-users', for whom the word "evokes the core sexua
l meanings and associated sexual imagery that motivate the taboo", and 'users' f
or whom "metaphorical uses of the word fuck no more evoke images of sexual inter
course than a ten-year-old s My mom ll kill me if she finds out evokes images of murde
r," so that the "criteria of taboo are missing."[5] Because of its increasing us
age in the public forum, in 2005 the word was included for the first time as one
of three vulgarities in The Canadian Press's Canadian Press Caps and Spelling g
uide. Journalists were advised to refrain from censoring the word but use it spa
ringly and only when its inclusion was essential to the story.[6]