ASTONISHING result for "idiot", and a real "a new guy rode into town" vibe around "pimhole." - ThreadSky

mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social • 27 days ago

ASTONISHING result for "idiot", and a real "a new guy rode into town" vibe around "pimhole."

Which swear words do Britons find the most offensive?

C*nt: 82% say very or fairly offensive
Motherf*cker: 70%
Fatherf*cker: 62%
B*tch: 55%
F*ck: 53%
W*nker: 53%
B*stard: 45%
P*ssy: 44%
Pr*ck: 42%
Tw*t: 40%
A*sehole: 39%
D*ckhead: 39%
Son of b*tch: 36%
C*ck: 34%

Full list in the chart 👇

Comments

andymack.bsky.social•26 days ago

I fear that we're starting to see the end of 'git' as an insult. Is it time for a git revival?

dqstuff.bsky.social•27 days ago

Need a ‘smelly pants wee’ check on this for @simonmayo.bsky.social and @kermodemovie.bsky.social

freshprinceblair.bsky.social•27 days ago

Can I get a higher score from combos?

For example, do I score 31 for "idiot bollocks" to beat a "son of a b*tch" on the Fairly Offensive score?

I feel a new Top Trumps deck coming on.

iain-willcox.bsky.social•27 days ago

Disappointed by the absence of todger ( so to speak).

tragedyofthestooge.bsky.social•27 days ago

13% don't know "Berk"!?!

nickdineen.bsky.social•27 days ago

I swear - a lot - but I have never heard the word *fatherfucker".

birdieojin.bsky.social•27 days ago

They missed a trick not including "Trump", which will surely have surged up the chart over the course of the last decade.

watsoncomedian.bsky.social•27 days ago

Impressed by the one in ten people managing to be offended by ‘git’ in 2025.

topicaltim.bsky.social•27 days ago

Depends if it's prefaced by the words "randy" and "Scouse", I guess.

lullulham.bsky.social•27 days ago

I've only ever heard Frankie Boyle use "Fatherfucker" and that must've been a decade ago

kilcar25.bsky.social•25 days ago

May L please I put in a word for “Gobshite!”?

gemmielou.bsky.social•27 days ago

Very much looking forward to the BBC News report on this this evening

fionnrodgers.bsky.social•27 days ago

This is definitely the English, and not Britons. The Scots have a suitably nuanced approach: they understand that a person can be ‘a bit of a cunt.’

nicksco77.bsky.social•27 days ago

And there’s also good c*nts, which is in fact a compliment!

fionnrodgers.bsky.social•27 days ago

As Frankie Boyle said, the best of compliments you could ever get in Glasgow is ‘you’re a cunt, but I like cunts.’

murreyb.bsky.social•27 days ago

I love the fact that a Fry and Laurie creation in a sketch about swearing and censorship is now considered offensive 🤓

twlldun.bsky.social•27 days ago

Pretty sure “pimhole” derives from 1980s radio show “Saturday night fry” featuring Fry and Laurie

dqstuff.bsky.social•27 days ago

Aren’t they basic stretchy trainers we wore at gym class in the 80s?

twlldun.bsky.social•27 days ago

That’s plimsoll, David

dqstuff.bsky.social•27 days ago

jimbaxter.bsky.social•27 days ago

I think there was a version of the same sketch on A Bit of Fry and Laurie too. Nice to see it pop up.

liajazz.bsky.social•24 days ago

According to the notes at the end, 6% weren’t even happy to answer ?s with swear words!

bethmorrey.bsky.social•27 days ago

Berk is rhyming slang for a much ruder word - I feel the people who aren’t offended by it should know that so they have the opportunity to BE offended.

freshprinceblair.bsky.social•27 days ago

Shhh, don't tell the berks!

deborahstort.bsky.social•27 days ago

Shouldn't it be pronounced 'bark' then ?

bethmorrey.bsky.social•27 days ago

Yes, I’ve often wondered - like creme eggs and Emily in Paris, is it mispronounced?

tintadetoro.bsky.social•27 days ago

“I didn’t know how rude this was, but now I do, I am OUTRAGED.”

Sprayed liberally across Only Fools and Horses scripts, with nary a clutched pearl.

anthonyrml.bsky.social•27 days ago

All things considered, I think "bugger" always gets off lightly.

ericdouglas999.bsky.social•27 days ago

There is no way that ‘shit’ is more offensive than the aggressive ‘shite’.

andystevenson81.bsky.social•27 days ago

How do the people who consider ‘heck’ offensive manage to function?

tintadetoro.bsky.social•27 days ago

I bet they shy away from the sausage section in Tesco.

andystevenson81.bsky.social•27 days ago

Niche, but excellent

mbridges.bsky.social•27 days ago

Standard bell-curve?

normandski.bsky.social•27 days ago

The most offensive word is a term of endearment where I’m from

greenredsonja.bsky.social•26 days ago

Would have liked to see unclefucker, rim and felch on that list.

peterhavercan.bsky.social•27 days ago

B*gger and b*stard are now lifestyle choices.

micklloyd.bsky.social•26 days ago

It's missing twatbadger cockwomble and Tory

drjobillington.bsky.social•16 days ago

The term idiot has hideously ableist origins and some disability rights activists consider it a slur. Given the dehumanising that can come with seemingly benign language choices, I wish it featured higher in this chart.

jameselder.bsky.social•27 days ago

Pimhole is from Fry & Laurie.

https://yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/1718-making-swearwords

jameselder.bsky.social•27 days ago

First item/sketch in this episode:

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x932e4k

davethingy.bsky.social•27 days ago

Yes voting for FatherF*cker? Unknown to me

antstephenson.bsky.social•27 days ago

* Googles "pimhole" *

stevejones328.bsky.social•27 days ago

I think 'idiot' scores high because it's insidious. Snapped out at someone after doing something careless, it can linger in the mind much longer than 'you w*nker' or similar

stevebasnett.bsky.social•27 days ago

This is precisely the level of analysis required to lift everything out of omniclustershamblesfuck.

Smeg? Really?

Some families with young children have that word proudly displayed in their kitchens. And not necessarily because their six-year-old dunned a lovely picture of it pinned on the fridge.

rmcunliffe.bsky.social•27 days ago

I got into trouble when I was on Times Radio for a news review and one of the stories selected (not by me!) was on swearwords that had gone out of fashion. Apparently one of the words - which I had never heard before and was listed *in the article* - was unsuitable for broadcast. How was I to know??

iain-willcox.bsky.social•27 days ago

I think you’re going to have to say which one Rachel.

rmcunliffe.bsky.social•27 days ago

"tosspot" 🤷‍♀️

iain-willcox.bsky.social•27 days ago

Functional pancake receptical…

nickholmes53.bsky.social•27 days ago

Isn't that where tosser (on the list) comes from?

void0reason.bsky.social•27 days ago

Pimhole!

mrohm.bsky.social•26 days ago

The cocksuckers have left my personal favourite off the list!🤬

suealdridge.bsky.social•27 days ago

I'm a regular user of " tW*t" I find it a very useful descriptive word.

rewerbyor.bsky.social•27 days ago

Twat has much more weight north of London.

planetmatt.bsky.social•27 days ago

"Fatherfucker", never heard that said once.

sweetcheesedreams.bsky.social•27 days ago

Maybe it’s to test whether we have achieved equality. Is it more offensive to call your mother a father-f*cker, or to call your father a mother-f*cker? 🤷‍♀️

stevebasnett.bsky.social•27 days ago

Oh, I misheard it. I thought my granny said my mother was a father-figure. Father-ficker is much worse.