I recently took a poll through MySpace and Facebook to determine if most of my friends would find the phrases “cook you” or “screw you” to be understood as spoken words. From the extreme religious to the non-religious, from housewives to proletarian mothers, from the young to the elderly, the people who answered all came from completely different backgrounds.
Although it was less than my opinion; who seems to agree with most of the comments. The expression “Screw You” is also another way of saying the marked sentence, just with the first word replaced by screw. Although they are two different words, the meaning of the word “snail” is the same definition as the “F” word. If, therefore, in the case in which it is said, “Cochlea te,” it is said, by most of the public the speaker will indeed be regarded as having a small mouth.
The next phrase “snail” had two different reactions from the participants. Although some have said that this phrase has an expanded meaning; It’s more tolerable than “screw you” or “F” well. Others said the same thing; although speech should not be tolerated in any degree.
I helped research into simple definitions. According to Encarta Dictionary, and Microsoft-office, the word “snail” has eight definitions. Two definitions regard “snail” as an offensive term when the name is used;
5. Grave term- refer to the term for the act or example of intercourse.
6. Injurious term – an injurious term for a sexual partner considered in relation to his sexual respect.
When the word is involved, the word “snails” again has eight definitions, with two offensive characteristics being recognized.
5. An offensive term, a transitive or intransitive word, offensive meaning to associate with someone.
8. Grave term- transitive, a grave term expressing anger or frustration with someone or something.
However, I find it interesting that when I say “snail” as a word, I’m not necessarily offended by the underlying tone and intentions. For example:
3. Crush something- transitive verb, to knock or smash something into a ball.
• He rolled up the letter and threw it away.
6. Deceive someone – a transitive verb, to deceive someone, or fraud. (Slang
7. Extorquere something- transitive verb, to get something from someone with great difficulty. (Slang
• We handled the snail money from him at the end.
In summary, it seems that the phrases “Snail” or “Go snail noun” are offensive to define. However, the words “screw this” or “you’ve put up with this” can have different meanings behind it considering the tone and emotion of the speakers. Having said this, it is clear that the word “rape” can be seen as a curse word depending on how it is presented in the sentence and how it is addressed to the listener. Now, knowing how the public feels about these definitions, one can argue their meaning behind these phrases, if it is said appropriately.
