Common
Finnish profanity
Finnish profanity is used in the form of intensifiers, adjectives, adverbs and particles, and is based on varying taboos, with religious vulgarity being very prominent. It often uses the aggressive mood which involves omission of the negative verb ei while implying its meaning with a swear word. Most words in Finnish can be used euphemistically in place of profanity by preceding it with voi (an interjection meaning "oh!"), for example voi paska!, which translates to "oh shit!". This also applies for vieköön (third person singular imperative of the verb viedä "to take"), an example of this is the phrase hiisi vieköön (may the goblin take it). However, this was more prominent in older Finnish. The language also has other similar non-offensive constructs like taivahan talikynttilät which means "tallow candles of heaven", as well as having many non-offensive curse words. Contemporary Finnish profanity often has old origins; many words have pagan roots that, after Christian influence, were...
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