Thread: Ненормативная лексика и мы

Originally Posted by it-ogo

Though there are more than five [мат] roots even as a first approach.

Out of curiosity, are you including scatological terms such as г*вно, ср*ть, and сс*ть on that list of "more than five roots"? And what about ж*па? (I've been told by some Russians that the words for the brown and yellow substances are not considered мат, even though "sh*t" very definitely qualifies as "английский мат", and some people would place "crap" on that list also.)

The American comedian George Carlin famously claimed (in 1972) that there are "Seven Dirty Words" that aren't allowed on US television. But even his famous list omitted some examples that would've been "too мат-ish for TV" in 1972, such as "asshole" and "fart".

Of course, other words were left off the list because they have non-obscene meanings:

Originally Posted by Throbert McGee

Out of curiosity, are you including scatological terms such as г*вно, ср*ть, and сс*ть on that list of "more than five roots"? And what about ж*па?

Exactly. Those roots are used extensively in obscene word formation in the speech of the same style.