{"id":48440,"date":"2026-11-05T21:10:36","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T02:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?p=48440"},"modified":"2026-11-05T21:16:26","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T02:16:26","slug":"excuse-my-french-the-swear-words-that-used-to-be-illegal-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?p=48440","title":{"rendered":"Excuse my French? The swear words that used to be illegal in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quebec has perfected such a vast variety of profanity that it&#8217;s been called &#8220;the Amazon rainforest of swear words&#8221;. But uttering these terms could have once landed you in prison.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/p0pl9ytd.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/travel\/article\/20261104-the-swear-words-that-used-to-be-illegal-in-canada\">Excuse my French? The swear words that used to be illegal in Canada<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">just like ordering an <span class=\"collapseomatic \" id=\"id6aee1a7ea462b\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Irish Car Bomb\"    >Irish Car Bomb<\/span><div id=\"target-id6aee1a7ea462b\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"127\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-1024x127.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-1024x127.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-300x37.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-764x95.png 764w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-1226x153.png 1226w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-675x84.png 675w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image.png 1431w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/div> in some places will get you ostracized, using the really bad words (tabernak being the most well known curse) everywhere is like saying fuck in polite or unknown company.  article points out lesser curses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For those dipping a toe in, he recommends trying out the milder versions that modify basic sacres \u2013 much as English-language speakers might say &#8220;darn&#8221; or &#8220;fudge&#8221; in place of spicier curses. Instead of saying &#8220;tabarnak&#8221;, he says to opt for &#8220;<strong>tabarnouche<\/strong>&#8220;, &#8220;<strong>tabarouette<\/strong>&#8221; or &#8220;<strong>tabarslack<\/strong>&#8221; \u2013 words that get the idea across with less risk of causing offence.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quebec has perfected such a vast variety of profanity that it&#8217;s been&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[282],"tags":[2297,154,2339,442,172],"class_list":["post-48440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-french","tag-language","tag-profanity","tag-quebec","tag-words-i-like","wpcat-282-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48440"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48446,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48440\/revisions\/48446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}