do americans use the word "swine" very often?
swine has the same meaning as "pig". but when they want to say some dirty words to ppl, do they usually use "swine"instead?
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"Swine" is very rarely used by Americans, even as an insult. We prefer to use the word "pig" instead.
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Although I am not native speaker but I agree with mike1988. This word was borrowed from German "Schweine". By the way, I heard that some people in Germany call other people such word. Try to guess who "other people" are ;-).
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This is an old fashioned term, rarely used nowadays.
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I am British, but I have only ever heard this word used on the TV and in books and not by real people. So no I don't think it is commonly used.
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Swine is a bit more British, used by the middle and upper middle class.
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