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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3268973/Are-b-ds-Maine-Linguist-s-maps-regions-use-specific-swear-words-others.html

Americans' ability to swear knows no geographic bounds, with irate drivers going on foul-mouthed rants and sports fans berating referees through their televisions in all fifty states.

However, the actual curse words launched into the air may be quite different depending on where in the US the speaker is venting their frustration.

Jack Grieve, a linguist at Aston University in the UK, has created a series of maps breaking down where residents are most likely to use offensive words such as f**k and 'sh**', as well as tamer exclamations such as 'gosh' and 'darn'


Grieve's maps [Warning: uncensored swear words in link] pulled from almost 9billion tweets posted in 2013-2014 that were compiled by data miner Diansheng Guo.

Areas covered in darker shades of orange show more prevalence of a certain word among the region's tweets.

Bluer regions show areas where the words are not used as often.

The results illuminate differences in lexicon that are not often talked about, possibly because the subject matter does not make for polite dinner table conversation.

Some words, such as f***, skew heavily towards more liberal and populous areas of the country, such as the East Coast and California.

Likewise, more appropriate alternatives such as 'crap' and 'darn' are more common in conservative areas of the country, with the latter particularly common in the upper Midwestern accent of the Great Plains.

The results do not all stick to stereotypes, however.

Sh** and b***h are most common across stretches of the Deep South, which also has a preference for the word damn.

The representation of some words may be swayed by their multiple uses, however


The South sees a strong contingent of people using the word 'hell'.

However, the region's religiosity probably plays a stronger role in the word's prevalence than the rest of the country avoiding it in favor of 'h-e-double hockey sticks'.

Some anachronistic-sounding words seem to have fallen out of favor with Americans, such as 'b*****d', which only shows strong use in the area around Montana and Maine.

Other swear words may just be beginning to spread. 'F***boy' has become a more popular swear word in recent years and the Strong Language blog reported Grieve's data showing it was the top rising word of Twitter in 2014.

However, the 2013-2014 study shows most of its use in California and the Northea


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Oh FFS.

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I enjoy a good F-bomb sometimes, it just sums it up so well.

I was surprised at the C-word map. I didn't think that many people in my area used it.

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I don't see the point in using bad language.

I mean, the word that slips when you smash a finger, I get.

But just every day cussing is strange to me.

To me, it makes a person sound less intelligent.

Or like they are trying to hard.

Like the 13 yr old trying to look big.

That's just my opinion.

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I can blurt them out once in awhile when I am mad. But, I usually don't swear in general conversation.

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I would never say the C word. I just find that gross. If I do it's usually schit, dam or arse, lol. Once in awhile, the F bomb.

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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

I can blurt them out once in awhile when I am mad. But, I usually don't swear in general conversation.

 This is me.  Plus, in the south, people just don't cuss.  When my friends from New York came to visit, they would cuss just normally, using the f bomb, and in public.  I would cringe. 

Many men around here will still apologize to me if they accidentally cuss in front of me. 



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Cussing is probably one of my worst habits. Don't know why. Especially when I get ticked off. I never say the C word though.

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I am really not all the bothered by it. Unless someone is dropping the F bomb like every 5 sec. But, if people just kind of use it in general conversation, I guess I am kind of immune to it now over the years.

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I tend to have a potty mouth, but I've gotten much better at watching who's around when I do it.

I mostly use it in a "WTF?" sense, or if something, usually a machine, is getting the best of me.

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