Rank these insults/affectionate names

[Clodfobble]

Originally Posted by monster

Also.... which is the worst word -Crap or Shit?

I know that Brits consider these reversed from what we do (crap is a kid word, shit is a real swear word,) but is crap bad enough to get bleeped on British TV? They say shit all the time, but they do bleep fuck.

[glatt]

I've used "crap" in front of my kids in an actual elementary school to describe the cheap plastic trinkets from China they were trying to pass out at the school fun fair. My wife gave me a look, but I don't know if that's because I was criticizing the crap the kids wanted to bring home in bulk, or because the word itself is offensive.

[footfootfoot]

Originally Posted by glatt

I've used "crap" in front of my kids in an actual elementary school to describe the cheap plastic trinkets from China they were trying to pass out at the school fun fair. My wife gave me a look, but I don't know if that's because I was criticizing the crap the kids wanted to bring home in bulk, or because the word itself is offensive.

Or because you are the husband, and therefore wrong.

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

I know that Brits consider these reversed from what we do (crap is a kid word, shit is a real swear word,) but is crap bad enough to get bleeped on British TV? They say shit all the time, but they do bleep fuck.

I had no idea that crap actually meant excrement until I was about 10. We used it all the time for something bad, poor, shoddy etc as per Glatt.
Shit was a Very Bad Word. I've trained myself to say Shoot now, even when I'm not at school, so it doesn't slip out accidentally. As it were.

British TV doesn't bleep fuck. If a programme has the word in, it's broadcast after the watershed (21.00) in which case the fuck is kept in. It's possible British programmes shown in America bleep it I suppose (BBC America maybe?)