Finnish profanity
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finnish-profanity-170-13050782
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Finnish profanity
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Profanity in Finnish is used in the form of intensifiers, adjectives, adverbs and particles, and is based on varying taboos, with religious vulgarity being very prominent. It often uses aggressive mood which involves omission of the negative verb ei while implying its meaning with a swear word. Most words in Finnish can be used euphemistically in place of profanity by preceding it with voi, for example voi paska!, which translates to "oh shit!". This also applies for vieköön, an example of this
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_profanity
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2005-09-24T17:44:07Z
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2024-09-01T04:42:30Z
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