As with any other language, the speaker doesn't just need to learn sign language words but also words to express grief, disappointment, dissatisfaction, and anger. Yes, we're talking about swearing in sign language. Deaf people use swearing just as much as the rest of us - they're just able to do it a little more discreetly. YouTube channel Cut has helped us all join in on the fun by posting a video in which seven deaf people show how to say all of their favorite curse words in sign language, and it's so much more fun than just flipping the bird.
Some of the swear words involve pretty straightforward hand charades and probably shouldn't be acted out in public places. Other swears in sign language, however, are more subtle and could be a mistake for a variety of meanings. Finally, some involve manually spelling out the word using sign language alphabet signs, encoding the bad words completely to the untrained eye.
Learning about how to say curse words in sign language is basically the most useful piece of education you're likely to get today (unless you feel like checking out more Cut content).
Watch the video of sign language curse words below. Don't worry - we already know you're going to try them all in front of your computer screen.
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Non Ducor Duco = I am not led, I lead.
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the drawn symbols left hand and the lady's left hand are different. I'm assuming the lady knows it better.
There is a blur, so the screenshot was taken too early. In the Video you can see, that she's making the same symbol
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It's showing action. She's is at the start position and you open your hand to look like the picture to complete the word.
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I think that’s New Zealand sign language and not American Sign Language.
Hi, do you know that not cursing is good behavior and that you are also safe from sinning against God? It is according to the Holy Word. Thanks
Girl is gorgeous, how do I tell her that? Hope I just did, do not take any s**t from anybody, ever girl, your smile alone will take over the world.
Loving this series. Can someone pls tell me what her tattoo says? I can just barely see it and it's driving me nuts!
As in the reply from 'Terror from Beyond Space' to the first post (by Yvonne Bernal) above: "Non Ducor Duco = I am not led, I lead."
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Sign language is a phenomenon spanning different cultures, continents, and countries; however, sign language words and the communication form itself have been mentioned since before our era in the fifth century B.C.! That’s a good while back! That said, it only became widely used in Western countries around the 17th century.
Nowadays, one of the most well-known sign languages is the American Sign Language or ASL, which evolved from the French Sign Language and local sign languages once used in Martha’s Vineyard in the United States.
Sure, ASL isn’t the only sign language used by deaf communities worldwide. The British have their BSL, the French have their FSL, the Japanese have JSL, and Australians have their own Auslan - and that’s just to name a few! Naturally, each of these sign languages has its own specific traits, linguistic features, and unique histories, just the same as their origin countries do.
The development and recognition of modern day sign languages can be attributed to such pioneers as Charles Michel de l'Épée in France and Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet in the United States. Both of them have played significant roles in the promotion and education of sign language.
As of today, sign languages are recognized as fully-fledged languages with their own grammar and syntax, and they continue to empower deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals to communicate effectively within their communities.
Profanity in Sign Language
Deaf or hard-of-hearing people use curse words just the same as others. Of course, the best way to learn curse words in sign language would be to practice with its speakers, but we bet this little guide will also pique your interest:
- The middle finger gesture (you know what we’re speaking of here) comes neither from ASL nor BSL or any other sign language. Although it might seem obvious that it does, its roots, in fact, stem from the ages of ancient wars in Rome.
- The devil horn gesture - the one so beloved by fans of heavier music - is also not from any of the sign languages! That said, it found its use among ASL curse words nowadays and can be counted as a bona fide curse word in sign language.
- Here’s where it gets tricky - the middle finger gesture is sometimes used as a handshape to construct a longer word or a phrase. Thus, using it might not always be as bad as you might think!
- Lastly, not every sign language speaker wants to swear or show you how to do it in their language. Thus, every sign language has its own sign for a ‘cuss word,’ and it is often used in translations to mask the bad words and to keep the communication cultured and clean.
Bearing all that in mind, it is still quite fun to learn new ways to cuss. Hopefully, though, learning about cursing in sign language is just for curiosity rather than for any other purposes!
What he's doing and what the picture next to him is doing is different.
You and everyone else in the comments she has a contagious positivity about her!
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I'm deaf and I did this to break a ice at a party or a bar!!! People loved it especially the bull one lol
Hi Lynn, I'm deaf too, I swear I have never seen more than half those sign although I know the sign for every words in the demo......lol
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It always makes me laugh when hearing people are surprised we curse. Of course we curse! The first word I learned in ASL was "b***h". I went to RIT/NTID, most of my classmates were Deaf/HoH. We were 20 somethings, often partying and sometimes drunk, we cursed like we were in the army. Some of the things we said, whether in speech or "voice off", as the ASL saying goes, could turn someone's hair white!
It comes down to a lot of the inbuilt... I guess separation between the "usual" and the "unusual" - whether that's Deaf/HoH people, autistics, disability, mental illness, the older generation, physical illness, different religion and culture... Certainly in my experience as a disabled person, people seem surprised that we do a LOT of things. You know, like date, have sex, don't sit around feeling miserable all the time, don't necessarily wish we were "normal" or "fixed" etc. I guess the not cursing comes into that. Rather unrelated but this is why I think the line in Avengers Age of Ultron where they have Steve Rogers/Captain America being all goody goody about swearing is TOTALLY out of character because sure, he was originally from the 1940s but he fought on the front line in WW2 and there is no WAY he didn't swear like the proverbial trooper - especially as despite his wholesome image, he's the biggest rule breaker out there if he feels its for the greater good!
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Ain't no shame in my swearing game. They're just words, words, words. This was fun!
Now I will go curse out a biker, see what happens, I might not make it out alive, but ill try!
the bully at my school didnt even know what i was dooing
Fantastic! I found you looking for the sign for a hug. Learned more than I knew existed 😀
I watched this video a long time ago! I've been studying American Sign Language in my spare time for years now, and I've learned that the easiest way to get other people interested in sign language is to yell at them until they laugh and ask what's being said.
What I wonder more is, if you make these signs when you get angry alone. So when I get angry maybe bc I hurt myself I see myself saying something (or at least make some noise) before I could really think about it. So I would find it interesting, what a deaf person would do?
Yes we do! Just one example, like if I am alone and I stub my toe I will voice and sign dammit! Or sh*t!
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My sister is hearing impaired and before she lost her hearing completely we learned to sign... lol this is totally true!
My best friend and I will finally be able to talk about people without them knowing 😂
Hello, My name is Priase and i'm a Deaf and i am happy to share this with you guys today, i remember two years ago i was going through a divorce and with 18 collections account totaling $150k due to 2008 recession period and it hit me real hard (like many of us), this caused my credit scores dropped drastically. I have been looking for help on how to fix my scores and clear my debts but the methods are too slow until recently that i saw a referral by a lady named Sarah Walker on a credit forum about a credit repair hacker she contacted to fix hers. Well i took a bold step by contacting him and paid him a little fee to get started. Surprisingly in 5 days my FICO score rocket up to 807 from 509 and I have just been approved for a heloc/second home by my bank after multiple rejections. He swept my credit report clean and cleared some debts, now i am debt free and back on my feet. I am very lucky i found that post by Sarah and for everyone out there facing credit challenges you can reach
GIFs might have worked better here but I'm loving the comments I'm seeing so then again, maybe not.
wait can you type in sign language like how are all these deaf people typing comments
I grew up in deaf family and have seen this so many times of hearing people laughing at learning swearing in sign language. Try think the other way around, we do learn to speak "talk" in f bomb and laughing? Oh yeah likely hearing people will find this funny "how dumb these people are". Honestly, you deaf people gotta stop feeding hearing people of how dumb it is. I m deaf and do find this embarrassing. Gotta agree with Jonathan Cassidy that we 're not 10 years old!
The author says "decipher" when he/she clearly means something more like "disguise." RIP, English: you were ugly, but you were fun.
The author says "decipher" when he/she clearly means something more like "disguise." RIP, English language.
I can't f*****g stop laughing. Oh the worlds that we can travel to and learn from!!!!!!
verify? I've been fooled by those sly deaf bastards too many times before.....
I have done sign for years and have not seen alot of the variations that were shown in this video. I thought it was awesome and bad a*s. Can't wait adopt them into my signing lol.
In all 16 ways they showed 3 different ways to say c*cksucker if you look it will show it.
C**p couldn't we have started with the alphabet first? Also is this North American Sign Language or all of them?
😁now i knw ..i will do this if im pissed off to some1 😁😁..looks fun ehee
They forgot f-you. It's the f hand shape moving into the k hand shape then pointing, all done really fast.
Knowing sign language, I've known many of these. They forgot f-you in this list. It's not the middle finger either. It's the the f hand shape moving into the k hand shape then pointing at the person, all done really fast.
Loved it! My former daughter-in-law was the hearing child of deaf parents and her first language was ASL, but she was such a prissy headcase I never learned anything from her.
Back of the fingers under your chin, flick them out quickly. Also, *is
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I wonder .... if kids who are hard of hearing pick up sign language profanity like kids who hear it off the street?
Yes they do. Keep in mind, we are very observant. Ps I'm deaf.
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Old news, Kristin's the s**t! ;-) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL65mO6WWvOQG_GTTmJ7ygcNmBIL25JyCP
You and everyone else in the comments she has a contagious positivity about her!
Load More Replies... I'm deaf and I did this to break a ice at a party or a bar!!! People loved it especially the bull one lol
Hi Lynn, I'm deaf too, I swear I have never seen more than half those sign although I know the sign for every words in the demo......lol
Load More Replies... It always makes me laugh when hearing people are surprised we curse. Of course we curse! The first word I learned in ASL was "b***h". I went to RIT/NTID, most of my classmates were Deaf/HoH. We were 20 somethings, often partying and sometimes drunk, we cursed like we were in the army. Some of the things we said, whether in speech or "voice off", as the ASL saying goes, could turn someone's hair white!
It comes down to a lot of the inbuilt... I guess separation between the "usual" and the "unusual" - whether that's Deaf/HoH people, autistics, disability, mental illness, the older generation, physical illness, different religion and culture... Certainly in my experience as a disabled person, people seem surprised that we do a LOT of things. You know, like date, have sex, don't sit around feeling miserable all the time, don't necessarily wish we were "normal" or "fixed" etc. I guess the not cursing comes into that. Rather unrelated but this is why I think the line in Avengers Age of Ultron where they have Steve Rogers/Captain America being all goody goody about swearing is TOTALLY out of character because sure, he was originally from the 1940s but he fought on the front line in WW2 and there is no WAY he didn't swear like the proverbial trooper - especially as despite his wholesome image, he's the biggest rule breaker out there if he feels its for the greater good!
Load More Replies... Ain't no shame in my swearing game. They're just words, words, words. This was fun!
Now I will go curse out a biker, see what happens, I might not make it out alive, but ill try!
the bully at my school didnt even know what i was dooing
Fantastic! I found you looking for the sign for a hug. Learned more than I knew existed 😀
I watched this video a long time ago! I've been studying American Sign Language in my spare time for years now, and I've learned that the easiest way to get other people interested in sign language is to yell at them until they laugh and ask what's being said.
What I wonder more is, if you make these signs when you get angry alone. So when I get angry maybe bc I hurt myself I see myself saying something (or at least make some noise) before I could really think about it. So I would find it interesting, what a deaf person would do?
Yes we do! Just one example, like if I am alone and I stub my toe I will voice and sign dammit! Or sh*t!
Load More Replies... My sister is hearing impaired and before she lost her hearing completely we learned to sign... lol this is totally true!
My best friend and I will finally be able to talk about people without them knowing 😂
Hello, My name is Priase and i'm a Deaf and i am happy to share this with you guys today, i remember two years ago i was going through a divorce and with 18 collections account totaling $150k due to 2008 recession period and it hit me real hard (like many of us), this caused my credit scores dropped drastically. I have been looking for help on how to fix my scores and clear my debts but the methods are too slow until recently that i saw a referral by a lady named Sarah Walker on a credit forum about a credit repair hacker she contacted to fix hers. Well i took a bold step by contacting him and paid him a little fee to get started. Surprisingly in 5 days my FICO score rocket up to 807 from 509 and I have just been approved for a heloc/second home by my bank after multiple rejections. He swept my credit report clean and cleared some debts, now i am debt free and back on my feet. I am very lucky i found that post by Sarah and for everyone out there facing credit challenges you can reach
GIFs might have worked better here but I'm loving the comments I'm seeing so then again, maybe not.
wait can you type in sign language like how are all these deaf people typing comments
I grew up in deaf family and have seen this so many times of hearing people laughing at learning swearing in sign language. Try think the other way around, we do learn to speak "talk" in f bomb and laughing? Oh yeah likely hearing people will find this funny "how dumb these people are". Honestly, you deaf people gotta stop feeding hearing people of how dumb it is. I m deaf and do find this embarrassing. Gotta agree with Jonathan Cassidy that we 're not 10 years old!
The author says "decipher" when he/she clearly means something more like "disguise." RIP, English: you were ugly, but you were fun.
The author says "decipher" when he/she clearly means something more like "disguise." RIP, English language.
I can't f*****g stop laughing. Oh the worlds that we can travel to and learn from!!!!!!
verify? I've been fooled by those sly deaf bastards too many times before.....
I have done sign for years and have not seen alot of the variations that were shown in this video. I thought it was awesome and bad a*s. Can't wait adopt them into my signing lol.
In all 16 ways they showed 3 different ways to say c*cksucker if you look it will show it.
C**p couldn't we have started with the alphabet first? Also is this North American Sign Language or all of them?
😁now i knw ..i will do this if im pissed off to some1 😁😁..looks fun ehee
They forgot f-you. It's the f hand shape moving into the k hand shape then pointing, all done really fast.
Knowing sign language, I've known many of these. They forgot f-you in this list. It's not the middle finger either. It's the the f hand shape moving into the k hand shape then pointing at the person, all done really fast.
Loved it! My former daughter-in-law was the hearing child of deaf parents and her first language was ASL, but she was such a prissy headcase I never learned anything from her.
Back of the fingers under your chin, flick them out quickly. Also, *is
Load More Replies... I wonder .... if kids who are hard of hearing pick up sign language profanity like kids who hear it off the street?
Yes they do. Keep in mind, we are very observant. Ps I'm deaf.
Load More Replies... Old news, Kristin's the s**t! ;-) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL65mO6WWvOQG_GTTmJ7ygcNmBIL25JyCP
