Dirty words

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  Motherf*cker

  A phrase that, until recently, was almost exclusively American, is 'mother-f****r'. Despite sounding very Oedipal, this does not have Freudian derivations. The word was apparently coined by African slaves to describe the slave owners who had raped the slave's mothers. Simple as that.

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  Australians use the word bastard as a term of affection.

  wtf?

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