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Periodic table of swearing

Rob Beschizza at 5:30 am Fri, Oct 21, 2011

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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]

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  • 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/

  • http://twitter.com/chriscoreline 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.

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_4QHMPHDUHRVUGGO4LSR5BWQYGE 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)!

  • http://www.facebook.com/mollyclendon Margaret Louise Clarke

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

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_BZPUF2EASKRBUSDXMNN4IRB5GA dahlia

    “arseholes for goalposts”??

    i love british swearing.