{"id":98,"date":"2014-09-28T18:38:27","date_gmt":"2014-09-28T17:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cookywook.co.uk\/blog\/?p=98"},"modified":"2014-09-28T18:38:27","modified_gmt":"2014-09-28T17:38:27","slug":"new-swears-for-our-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cookywook.co.uk\/blog\/new-swears-for-our-time\/","title":{"rendered":"New swears for our time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As you&#8217;re probably aware, it&#8217;s 2014. But we&#8217;re still using the same ol&#8217; cusses that were used by sailors in the 50s. We can do better, right?<\/p>\n<p>No more <em>F<\/em>s, <em>C<\/em>s, <em>H<\/em>s, <em>AFGGs <\/em>or<em>\u00a0S<\/em>s, let&#8217;s bring obscenity into the 21st century, ffs.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of my suggestions:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Fritzl<\/strong> &#8211; a bad person, implied to be incestuous in some way<\/p>\n<p><i>That Osbaldo\u00a0forgot to\u00a0reply to the invite, and I had to chase him up. 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Tory Cabinet<\/strong> &#8211; reproductive organs<\/p>\n<p><em>Osbaldo wouldn&#8217;t leave until Bruce kneed him in the Tory Cabinet<strong>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>7. UKIPPING\u00a0<\/b>&#8211; acting in an annoying\/offensive manner<\/p>\n<p><em>Yeah he&#8217;s been ukipping all over the place since last night. I&#8217;m at my last straw<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8. Frenchie\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; French person<\/p>\n<p><em>And he&#8217;s a frenchie too!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>9. Jalfrezi<\/strong> &#8211; something that is untrue, rubbish<\/p>\n<p><em>Now he&#8217;s trying to making it a whole incident now &#8211; which is a total pile of jalfrezi.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>10.\u00a0Donetsk People&#8217;s Republic<\/strong> &#8211; a bad place, somewhere you do not want to go<\/p>\n<p><i>Good news. Osbaldo&#8217;s ukipped off to the Donetsk People&#8217;s Republic. So that&#8217;s the last we&#8217;ll hear from that Fritzl for a while. 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