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Check out the Linux Kernel Swear Count for graphs of the prevalence of various swear words in the Linux source code over the years:

http://www.vidarholen.net/contents/wordcount/

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I didn't know penguin was a bad word. In what sense is it being used in the kernel?

Tux, a penguin, is the official mascot of the Linux kernel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tux.

Yes I know about that. I was asking how "penguin" could ever be considered a swearword...

I suppose it was more of a "This is interesting. While we are here..." addition to the data.

I didn't mean to insult your intelligence regarding Tux. I just know that I would rather people not assume that I know things, especially when responding on the Internet.

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