The word profane in the English language, as in French and most Latin languages, has a wide circulation and usage and is misused in many cases.The Oxford dictionary defines and explain the word as follows :
Profane. adj.1 not sacred; secular. 2 a- irreverent; blasphemous. b- vulgar; obscene. v.tr. 1 treat (a sacred thing) with irreverence or disregard. 2 violate or pollute ( something entitled to respect), profanation n. profane'ly adj. profan'er n.
Adj.1 nonreligious,laic,lay,nonclerical,temporal,unsanctified,unconsecrated,unhallowed. 2 a- sacrilegious, idolatrous, irreligious, unbelieving, disbelieving, impious, godless, b- impure, unclean, dirty, filthy, smutty, foul, foulmouthed, coarse, uncouth, rude, low, bawdy. Verb. debase, contaminate, taint, vitiate, degrade, defile, desecrate, pervert.
profanity : 1 n. profane act; 2 profane language; blasphemy, see 1 sacrilege 2 obscenity, cursing, swearing, foul or bad language.
Notice here the mix and blending of two very different notions, the belief in god and the sacred, or should I say the non belief in god and his sacred on the one side, and the making and adding to the word, a variety of different low and base meanings, and degrading insults, perverting the profane rs.
In most languages words like profane had with time more meanings added to them than the words originally meant, with the sole object of brain washing users, that the questioning or negating of some or all of the godly and sacred is a dirty and degrading act, fit only to perverts.
Thanks for listening and salamat.
Monday, January 10, 2011
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