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The seven dirty words are seven English words comedian George Carlin listed in his monologue "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television", released in 1972 on his album Class Clown. At the time, the words were generally considered highly inappropriate and insensitive for use on the public airwaves in the United States, particularly on over-the-air television and AM/FM radio stations. These words are generally censored instead. Carlin's original seven are (in his order of presentation):
- shit
- piss
- fuck
- cunt
- cocksucker
- motherfucker
- tits
On his next album, 1973's Occupation: Foole, he did a similar routine simply entitled "Filthy Words", dealing with the same list and many of the same themes. This version was broadcast by Pacifica radio station WBAI, which eventually led to a Supreme Court case, F.C.C. v. Pacifica Foundation (1978), that helped define acceptable free speech limits on broadcast television and radio in the United States.
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History
In 1973, comedian George Carlin recorded a monologue known as "Filthy Words" containing seven different obscenities. The Pacifica radio station WBAI-FM broadcast it uncensored on October 30 of the same year. A man driving in the car with his son heard the broadcast and complained to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) because of his son having heard the broadcast.
Following the lodging of the complaint, the FCC proceeded to ask Pacifica for a response, then issued a declaratory order upholding the complaint. No specific sanctions were included in the order, but WBAI was put on notice that "in the event subsequent complaints are received, the Commission will then decide whether it should utilize any of the available sanctions it has been granted by Congress."
Pacifica appealed against this decision, which was overturned by the Court of Appeals. The FCC in turn appealed to the Supreme Court, which ruled in favor of the FCC, see: F.C.C. v. Pacifica Foundation 438 U.S. 726 (1978) and First Amendment Library entry on the case.
This decision formally established indecency regulation in American broadcasting. In follow-up rulings, the Supreme Court clarified that the words might be acceptable under certain circumstances, particularly at times when children would not be expected to be in the audience.
Carlin later expanded his original list to include the following words:
In 1972, Carlin was arrested for indecency when he performed the "Seven Deadly Words" at Milwaukee's Summerfest.
Several of the words on Carlin's original list have since been used on broadcast television to varying degrees. The word "tits" was uttered on the first episode of The Trials of Rosie O'Neill in 1990, sparking some controversy. The word "piss" (usually used in the context of the phrase "piss off", both as a verb – "This is going to piss somebody off" – and as an expletive) has been commonplace since the late 1990s although generally limited to dramatic programming; In fact, the word was used as early as the 1980 miniseries Shogun.[citation needed] The word "shit" has been heard on rare occasions, such as an episode of Chicago Hope, or in an episode of South Park on cable TV (see below), where the word "shit" was said 162 times. Producers have also on occasion flirted with the word "fuck", although often in an obscured fashion. For example, the NCIS episode "Bete Noire" has a character clearly utter the phrase "fucking bastard" but the first word is obscured by a sound effect. One of Carlin's later additions to the list, "fart", is also used frequently. On the A&E Network and The History Channel, the expletive "shit" is allowed only if the program is rated "TV-14 L". "Tits" is allowed on NBC. "Bullshit" is allowed on TNT if the program is rated "TV-14 L"
Shows on digital cable network BBC America will frequently use the word "shit" and derivations thereof.
MTV UK allowed frequent uses of the words, "fuck," and, "cunt," in a Russell Brand interview with Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt, but censored every use of the word, "AIDS," in the same broadcast.
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To Mr ho,
I feel sorry for my impoliteness to u in self-regulated learning lesson to you........idiot..., the man I hate you very much.......
O, honey! Do you know when you started to say your rubbish and fart in your nasty and which has eaten shit since you were just a baby mouth.......I just want to find a motherfuckers to kiss you.......of couse, it's because u two were also a cocksuckers...
Now that I want to say the seven dirty words to u, do you know who was the rude man now.....o, u are not man....you are idoit........
When the first day, I look at your face, than I was scary about the place you get a piss and shit.....your penis.....because people say you don't have it......also, the things you did were not an usual man should do.......
U say I don't have qualifications to write yours but......I think and everyone think.......nobody has no business to fuck u man.......becuase a begger can also bit a dog.......don't you know or u just close yourself in your house and sit in front of your computer and always "my daughter........", may I ask you a question.....has she eaten meal from your tits, idoit??
O, I really feel sorry I didn't try my hardest to fuck u and your mother ...ass.....
Your good friend,
Eleanor
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