I spend my time with people who argue for a living. There are times when the argument is so bad, the only rebuttal that needs to be said is a mild profanity. "Give the fool the answer his folly deserves."
We're adults here. No one's virigin ears will be harmed by a mild profanity like "crap" or "ass." None of us will be offended by use of one of those mild profanities. Frankly, I find the censorship to be much more offensive than any minor profanity. Now, JimRob's house, JimRob's rules - but if it is really one of his rules to ban "crap," I have to argue that rule is ill-advised.
"but if it is really one of his rules to ban "crap," I have to argue that rule is ill-advised."
Im gonna side with the mod here, jude - BUT - will challenge you to substitute a "stinky dog", "road apple", "dingus", "doofus", or "dill weed"
my personal fav is "nut-hook" when someone is making no sense
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article here - warning - very very colorful......http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A753527
regarding the word in question
There are two possible origins for the word. The word has links to the Middle English for chaff, and the Middle Dutch 'to tear off' which is more suitable than ever in these days of velvet-soft toilet tissue. A second possible origin is the Victorian plumber named Thomas Crapper who gave the world the syphonic flush: British Standard 7357 (1990) still requires that 'Cisterns shall be supplied with an efficient flushing apparatus of the valveless syphonic type which prevents the waste of water.' Crapper left his name not only on toilet cisterns, but also on manhole covers across southern England. And thus a crapper is a toilet, and not the person who uses it.
Crap is obsolete slang for money, which is presumably the origin of the Craps game. So an American might 'throw a crap', that is they might throw a seven while trying to make a point. These American usages leaves Brits either sniggering or confused or both.
Crap is a noun rather than a verb, and Brits will 'have a crap', except when they are afraid, then they are 'crapping it'.
Confusingly 'crapulence' (from the Latin for being drunk) is sickness caused by heavy drinking. However it often also involves toilets.