I remember when you couldn't say "holidays" - it had to be "vacation". Also "lucky" was frowned upon, you had to say "fortunate".
Watchtower Speech Taboos - Censorship by Ommision
by unclebruce 32 Replies latest jw friends
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tenyearsafter
Gesundheit!
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blondie
for⋅tu⋅nate
1. having good fortune; receiving good from uncertain or unexpected sources; lucky: a fortunate young actor who got the lead in the play. good fortune noun 1. an auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes [ant: bad luck ] 2. a stroke of luck [syn: good luck ] -
Dunk
Absent from JW vocabulary:
"Grace"
"Saved"
Try saying to your JW family that you have a relationship with "Christ."
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slimboyfat
In conversation I once said that Paul wrote to the "church" rather than to the "congregation". Ooops, you would think I had grown horns.
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keyser soze
I once said that "Satan was just misunderstood" in one of my student talks. It wasn't received very favorably.
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Farkel
Da Judge
Da Grudge
Rutherfraud
Witching Hour
dubs !!!!!!!!!!!
'Til Hell Freezes Over
Hotter Than Hell
Hellofa thing to say..
Up yours
So's yo mama!
Eat s**t and die
Litterachure
Praise Jesus!
Crapola
In a funk
Mind-numbing meeting
What a pisser
Piss off
Braindead elder
But some of the worst things to say that are not expressly forbidden to say are:
"I'm not sure if this is the truth, or not."
"The Society made a big mistake."
"There is no difference between divinely inspired and spirit-directed."
"Stay the hell out of my private life."
"Don't you dare tell me how to raise my children."
"What my wife and I do consensually is none of your dogdamned business."
"I will marry anyone I want to. It's my life."
"No, I do not believe that doctrine."
My 2c.
Farkel
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BabaYaga
"I'm not sure if this is the truth, or not."
"The Society made a big mistake."
"There is no difference between divinely inspired and spirit-directed."
"Stay the hell out of my private life."
"Don't you dare tell me how to raise my children."
"What my wife and I do consensually is none of your dogdamned business."
"I will marry anyone I want to. It's my life."
"No, I do not believe that doctrine."Touche', Mister Farkel.
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Priest73
I voted for...(fill in the blank)
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mkr32208
How about 'jesus tap dancing christ?'
Or 'Praise Jebus' in your best homer voice!