to get laid
Are there any crucial differences between to get laid, fuck, screw and another words with the same meaning?
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Well, some are more crass than others. That's pretty much the difference.
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As far as meaning goes, the first is grammatically a kind of passive - it's something that happens to you. The others are active ie actions.
In terms of acceptability, the ascending order of vulgarity is 1, 3, 2.
F**k is offensive in most cases, whether you're talking about sex or not. 99% of the time when this word is used it has nothing to do with sex - it just shows anger, frustration, surprise - any emotion you can think of. It also shows a lack of imagination when it comes to vocabulary.
'Screw' has a lot of other uses which are informal but not necessarily vulgar. 'We're screwed' means 'we're in trouble' and 'I've screwed up' means I've made a big mistake. I'm a fairly genteel sort of person, but I'd happily use either of these phrases.
'Get laid' is perfectly inoffensive if you're talking about tables, napkins and cutlery.
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