It appears that bullshit is considered profanity by many people and it deeply offends them. How many people here consider bullshit to be profanity and are deeply offended to have something labelled as bullshit?
noun: bullshit
verb: bullshit; 3rd person present: bullshits; past tense: bullshitted; past participle: bullshitted; gerund or present participle: bullshitting
- stupid or untrue talk or writing; nonsense.
- talk nonsense to (someone), typically to be misleading or deceptive.
I am with @Ripper; (except the Christmas ’greetings’)
Some years ago our minister for environmental issues characterised the British one as "en drittsekk" ("a bag of shit"). It caused some international uproar, especially in British media. It wasn't exactly diplomatic, but it actually isn't very offensive in Norway, definitely less than calling someone an idiot.
It had to do with Sellafield. The "shitbag" was John Gummer.Was it an argument over fishing? When the British bicker with the Norwegians, it's usually over who owns the fish.
Yes. Most commonly used are "faen" and "helvete" ("Hell"). A more "polite" version of "faen" is "fanden". The latter is more polite. There are a couple expletives which are AFAIK derived from "Satan". One example is "Søren" (which is also a first name) These are not considered swearing. A bit like "rats" in English?Also, is it true that certain words for Satan are considered very profane in Norway?