The use of the word itself is not so bad. Its use in relation to "molested children portraits" is what may have been unintentionally offensive to some people.
Dan On 10/4/06, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In english, almost all rude slang is either scatological or sexual. Damn > and its variants are the major exception. Unlike say french, where much > rude slang is blasphmemous. > > -Adam > > > Tim Øsleby wrote: > > Thanks Godfrey. > > > > There are so many words that are not proper. Sometimes I wonder what a list > > of proper words would look. How many entries? 20? Hopefully a bit more, but > > you get my point. > > > > To bug somebody is being a nuisance. I get that. And being a nuisance is > > also described as being an ass. I guess that's the connection. Never the > > less, avoiding all "bad" words makes the language so limited. > > > > > > Tim > > Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > Godfrey DiGiorgi > > Sent: 4. oktober 2006 12:52 > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > Subject: Re: Need help: Photoshop molested children portraits? > > > > I don't know what the issue is other than prudishness. > > > > To bugger someone means to have anal intercourse with them. Seems to > > be this parlance that is more British English than American English, > > though. To call something a "nasty little bugger" is often used in > > American English to mean something small, insect like, an annoyance, > > or "cute little bugger" is a form of curmudgeonly endearment. > > > > I was curious so I looked up the word in the OED: > > ---- > > bugger > > noun > > > > 1 [with adj. ] a contemptible or pitied person, typically a man. > > - a person with a particular negative quality or characteristic. > > - used as a term of affection or respect, typically grudgingly : all > > right, let the little buggers come in. > > > > 2 derogatory a person who commits buggery. > > verb [ trans. ] > > penetrate the anus of (someone) during sexual intercourse; sodomize. > > > > exclamation > > used to express annoyance or anger. > > > > PHRASAL VERBS > > bugger off [usu. in imperative ] go away. > > > > ORIGIN Middle English (originally denoting a heretic, specifically an > > Albigensian): from Middle Dutch, from Old French bougre, originally > > in the sense 'heretic,' from medieval Latin Bulgarus 'Bulgarian,' > > particularly one belonging to the Orthodox Church and therefore > > regarded as a heretic by the Roman Church. The sense [sodomite] (16th > > cent.) arose from an association of heresy with forbidden sexual > > practices; its use as a general insult dates from the early 18th > > cent. Compare with Bulgar. > > --- > > > > Godfrey > > > > > > On Oct 4, 2006, at 11:42 AM, Tim Øsleby wrote: > > > >> Bugger off, Frank ;-) > >> What's wrong about that word? Why do you have so many "wrong" > >> words? What's > >> the point with a word, when it's "wrong"? > >> > >> Seriously: I may need an offline hint about this mysterious meaning > >> of the > >> word too. > >> > >> > >> Tim > >> Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > >> Behalf Of > >> frank theriault > >> Sent: 3. oktober 2006 21:19 > >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> Subject: Re: Need help: Photoshop molested children portraits? > >> > >> On 9/30/06, Jostein Øksne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Thanks Dave, > >>> > >>> That's the bugger. > >> Bad choice of words, Jostein (recognizing, of course, that as English > >> isn't your first language, you may not know what "bugger" is slang > >> for). > >> > >> I should write you off list. > >> > >> cheers, > >> frank > >> -- > >> "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> PDML@pdml.net > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> PDML@pdml.net > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
