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Seriously, I have never seen any evidence that black people are bothered by the existence of golliwogs. If you want some evidence, try calling a black person a 'wog'. In a way, that's my entire point: "wog" is well-known to be an insult and could not be uttered any other way. A "goll...

Seriously, I have never seen any evidence that black people are bothered by the existence of golliwogs. If you want some evidence, try calling a black person a 'wog'. Or watch that Spike Lee film 'Bamboozled', which shifts blackface into a contemporary context. He doesn't seem too keen on the whole...

So you're offended by the fact that it's not an exhaustive list of all the purposes of a vagina? This seems like a recipe for being offended by... pretty much everything. No, and I'm not offended by the word vagina. I was trying to put the offensiveness of the word 'cunt' into some context, by maki...

Paul Hammond wrote:I don't think etymology is particularly relevant to how offensive a word is. "Nigger" just means "black" etymologically, after all.

An example of an offensive word having an inoffensive etymology doesn't prove that a word cannot be offensive because of it's etymology.

Charlie Reams wrote:

Stuart Arnot wrote:Etymologically, 'vagina' is more offensive to women; it means 'sheath'.

How is that offensive?

It suggests that the purpose of a woman's vagina is to sheath a penis. In fact, it has many uses.

I don't see the problem with cunt, anyway. Etymologically, 'vagina' is more offensive to women; it means 'sheath'.

Yesterday, I tipped over into a winning record. Today, I've broken the top 50.

Something is finally sinking in...

Maybe not worthy of making the shortlist but I thought I'd throw this one into the mix because a) I beat the beast who is Jimmy Gough and 2) Round 1.

Incidentally, I'd say that racist, homophobic, sexist or ableist slurs are far more offensive than your common or garden swear words. I voted for the removal of old man Fritzl not because I was shocked at his presence in dictionary corner, but because I had to read the word 'cretin' every two minutes.

Aye, I was thinking that was a bit more Daily Hate than we usually see around here! Amusingly, there was a chap on Radio 4 the other day complaining about the misrepresentation of Daily Mail readers on comedy panel shows. He was genuinely upset that panelists seemed to be stereotyping a large group...

Josef Fritzl ain't too granny-friendly either.

Although friendlier to grannies than daughters.

Jon Corby wrote: If you were playing Scrabble and happened to draw the tiles out in an order that spelled a rude word, would you complain to the manufacturers?

Obviously not. And I've gotten into trouble with the missus for the same reason while playing Scrabble .

Martin Gardner wrote:You can't claim that the bot's trying to be hurtful or insulting.

Naturally. I just thought that if it was simple, it'd be a little thing to make life a little nicer.

When the conundrum-manufacturing thing is doing it's business, it would be nice if the shorter words weren't racial epithets. I don't know whether this is easily achievable, and obviously it's a small gripe. But if you search for ENGRAVING in past conundra, you'll see my point. Thanks! :D That exac...

When the conundrum-manufacturing thing is doing it's business, it would be nice if the shorter words weren't racial epithets. I don't know whether this is easily achievable, and obviously it's a small gripe. But if you search for ENGRAVING in past conundra, you'll see my point.

Thanks!

Callum Laddiman wrote:

Ben Wilson wrote:Round one of this game must be unique.

Lol.

I thought similarly about round 12 of this game.

I am a noise musician Mike Patton style? kid606? Not really. I do solo harsh noise and percussion improv. If you know Wolf Eyes, I guess that's the most popular comparison. Also, free improvised rock and jazz, in various ensembles. http://www.myspace.com/totalvermin is the myspace for my tape label.

Hello. I'm 26 and a life-long Countdown fan. I have long desired to appear on the show, but have always argued myself out of applying. I intend to join apterous to gauge my skills. Perhaps I shall this very eve. I am unemployed. Would this work against me in the application process? It seems to me t...

I did a -2 game today. I didn't know SUNSPACE and didn't get it, and I didn't get TAMARINS either although I have heard of that. I was quite pleased to get MARTINS, I was thinking of MARTINIS but alas no, it's a proper noun. Good game thought, quality was pretty good, obviously there were a few dis...