I’m not offended by it. I know of folks who would rank many of the words you’ve listed as much more harshly interpreted.
In addition american broadcasting standards are a good starting point, if you’re asking in good faith for understanding the idea.
I think my search skills suck, since I couldn’t find anything specific to curse words in the US, other than the “Seven Dirty Words” from George Carlin[0,1]. From what I understand, the FCC does not have an official list of words[2], even on their official website[3] (which seems to lack a fact sheet), but does seem to follow what Carlin said. That leads me to believe that the words I wrote are offensive on a cultural basis. The B word is notably absent from all these lists, which I do find strange as a Brit, since calling someone a B is far more targetted[4, see Table1] at women than calling someone a cunt or a twat (which can be used equally and even colloquially).
In German media, swearing is virtually completely allowed, though I can only find secondary sources. Hell even in our “congress”, swearing happens quite freely[5].
The B word at present targets women specifically. The other words can be used extremely generally and even liberally in good humour over the pond.
I’m quite surprised you take the opposite position on this, but I’m happy to learn more.
I’m not offended by it. I know of folks who would rank many of the words you’ve listed as much more harshly interpreted. In addition american broadcasting standards are a good starting point, if you’re asking in good faith for understanding the idea.
What is your first/preferred language?
I think my search skills suck, since I couldn’t find anything specific to curse words in the US, other than the “Seven Dirty Words” from George Carlin[0,1]. From what I understand, the FCC does not have an official list of words[2], even on their official website[3] (which seems to lack a fact sheet), but does seem to follow what Carlin said. That leads me to believe that the words I wrote are offensive on a cultural basis. The B word is notably absent from all these lists, which I do find strange as a Brit, since calling someone a B is far more targetted[4, see Table1] at women than calling someone a cunt or a twat (which can be used equally and even colloquially).
In German media, swearing is virtually completely allowed, though I can only find secondary sources. Hell even in our “congress”, swearing happens quite freely[5].
0: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_dirty_words
1: https://uslawdictionary.com/seven-dirty-words/
2: https://help.prx.org/hc/en-us/articles/360044988133-A-guide-to-broadcast-obscenities-and-issuing-content-advisories
3: https://www.fcc.gov/enforcement/areas/broadcast-obscenity-indecency-profanity
4: https://www.york.ac.uk/language/ypl/ypl2/18/YPL2-18-02-Sinar.pdf, Table 1
5: https://www.vice.com/de/article/von-arschloch-bis-hurensohn-die-haufigsten-beleidigungen-im-bundestag/