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[–] 38 points 4 months ago* (2 children)

Might I introduce you to the good old Dutch tradition of swearing with diseases?

Tuberculosis ("tering!"), typhoid ("tyfus!"), cholera ("klere"), mange ("schurft"), smallpox ("pokken") are pretty cool and acceptable. Cancer used to be common but that's rather fallen out of fashion. You can also combine it with religious swearing AND reproductive organs for a trifecta.

"Godverdetyfuskutzooi" is just a beauty, but "goddamtyphoidvaginamess" doesn't work in English.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    apparently the rudest thing you can call a Dutch person literally translates as “cancer-whore”

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago*

    Yeah, pretty much exactly true.

    using "cancer" as a swearword is considered very bad these days, so we've actually started to censor the swearing/insults down to "the c-word" meaning that "You're a C-whore" is now actually a thing people say.

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