Periodic table of swearing

The Periodic Table of Swearing isn't just a saucy JPG: it's a real-life interactive box that gets down and dirty with everyday English. It was built by Modern Toss—the duo of artists Jon Link and Mick Bunnage—with the design studio Clay. Made with buttons from eightliner-style U.K. fruit machines, the phrases included offer the fullness of British culture, you cock garage.

Interactive Periodic Table of Swearing Extends Your Rude Vocabulary [Wired UK]

• [Doug Black]

  When I see a “Periodic Table of Periodic Tables”, I’ll know we’ve come full circle and this meme can finally die. 

  • [Chris Hogan]

    Wish granted, as of March 2010.

    http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2010/03/the-periodic-table-of-periodic-tables/

• [chris coreline]

  More then anything else, ever: this object has made me feel truley patriotic.

  there should be one in every classroom.
  …
  actually there should be two in every classroom, for redundancey.

  • [Yeah]

    Or swear wars

• [Conor Quinn]

  And Chris Morris’ voice no less!

• [Cepphus Grylle]

  I think further research will demonstrate that many of these are compounds and not truly elements.

• [fuzzmello]

  shitflap?

  • [Antinous / Moderator]

    shitflap?

    Yeah. People in LA bleach them.

• [TheManagement]

  The periodic table is much more than just a list.

• [burningchrome]

  They totally ripped that music from a much simpler description on swearing.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzhEt1-qGhk

• [jennybean42]

  If there isn’t already, there really needs to be an app for this.

• [norak]

  This ought to be created in Flash for our enjoyment.

• [bjacques]

  Malcolm Tucker is made of pure UnF*ckingObtanium (UnFkOb)!

• [Margaret Louise Clarke]

  Would love to see a North American one. We speak a different language, and maybe swearing is highly regional?

• [dahlia]

  “arseholes for goalposts”??

  i love british swearing.