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Inspired by you, I grepped my system words file in search of words containing fuck. What I didn't expect is Apple's /usr/share/dict/words comes pre-censored.

  > grep fuck /usr/share/dict/words
  > grep '^shit$' /usr/share/dict/words
  > grep '^dick$' /usr/share/dict/words
  dick
  > grep '^cunt$' /usr/share/dict/words
  > grep '^bitch$' /usr/share/dict/words
  bitch

Wow.

(This comment doesn't reflect well on me. Fortunately, this is a pseudonymous account.)

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> (This comment doesn't reflect well on me. Fortunately, this is a pseudonymous account.)

If anyone thinks less of you because you simply know five swearwords, it's pretty much their problem.

Nah, not that. "in search of words containing fuck" — just not a very mature thing to do.

On the contrary, that's how science is made.

FUCK is still my default “Find>Replace>Find>Replace” placeholder. Need to shift a wad of spreadsheet cells laden with formulas but don’t want to risk anything?

Find All “=“ Replace with “FUCK” Copy/Move Find All “FUCK” Replace with “=“

Also handy for updating words or names when word processing.

The choice dates back to my first computer - I remember replacing all spaces “ “ with “FUCK” and watching gloriously as the assignment I had written was slowly turned into curse word gibberish.

I tell myself I still do it because (especially capitalised) it does stand out as an error in a way other placeholders may not. But it’s mostly for the fun and cheap thrill - pretty sure only one client ever got a document that I had left fucked up in this way.

[Edit to add: Nothing pseudonymous about my account name, but I’ll fucking own it.]

You mean you don't have it mapped to 'sudo $previous_line'?

https://github.com/nvbn/thefuck

I can't find it now, but there was a post on HN where someone shared a report regarding their social media activity. It was compiled by a firm that offers to "research" potential employees.

If I remember correctly, it included a twitter account that was not obviously linked to the persons name.

There was an entry for every (re-)tweet that contained swearing, associated with a negative score.

Also, if you're swearing on public platforms, you almost never know if/how the platform itself may react. Maybe it affects the likelyhood of your contribution(s) being shown to others.

I don't doubt that this happens, but I think so much less of someone that would go into my Twitter and assign a negative ranking to each swearword in an effort to compile a metric of "me", that I wouldn't want to do business with them.

In that regard, adding more motherfucking swearwords in my bullshit comments serves as a great fucking way to deter any asshole cunt that thinks such metrics are a good goddamn idea. Dick pussy ass.

https://gfda.co/

Haha, that's funny, though at times it feels like they're just adding the word "fucking" to phrases.

> If anyone thinks less of you because you simply know five swearwords, it's pretty much their problem.

That's your position. When i'm hiring, there is simply no way i would bring someone on board who didn't know at least ten.

if they don't constantly swear at their machine are they really a programmer?

An interesting part of my kids playing CSGO is that they can now swear in at least 3 languages. I don't think you can play for more than a couple of days before you learn to swear in Russian (cyka blyat), it's practically synonymous with the game, a couple of weeks and you should know a Polish (kurwa) and a French swear (putain/merde).

And of course "fuck[ing]" and "shit" are used prolifically.

It also censors Charles Dickens and peacock. But add some random capitalization, and you can swear all you want.

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