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Profanity is the use of offensive or obscene words for a variety of purposes, often to express strong emotions, as a grammatical intensifier, or to express informality. While Toki Pona does not have any defined profanity, many words in Toki Pona are sometimes translated to other languages as profanity, and ''[[nimi sin]]'' for profanity exists.{{citation needed|do notable ones actually exist?}}
==Insults==
Insulting people is not nice. Hurting someone's feelings happens when portraying them unfairly, voicing aggression or intent to harm, breaking someone's trust, making accusations, lying, talking over them, being dismissive, and many more ways. There is no go-to insult in toki pona; insults would have to be made up on the spot. The most effective insult is one that applies personally to the addressee.
==Reaction to external stimuli==
Quick reactions to let off steam are made up on the spot, fitting the situation. Examples:
* {{tp|ike}} - when something generally bad happens
* {{tp|jaki}} - when something displeasant happens
* {{tp|pakala}} - when something doesn't go as planned or breaks
* {{tp|a}} - as a general reaction to anything
* {{tp|mu}} - to voice an unwordy response out of frustration
* {{tp|kala}} - for when your hovercraft is filled with too many eels
==Emphasis==
Instead of adding words associated with negative qualities, the word {{tp|[[a]]}} covers most cases of emphasis. In specific cases, {{tp|mute}}, {{tp|wawa}}, {{tp|suli}}, and sometimes also {{tp|namako}} abd {{tp|kin}} get used.
==Code-switching==
Toki Pona makes no significant distinction between an informal and formal register, so idiomatic swearing would not be used for code-switching.
== Profanity in official Toki Pona books ==
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=== unpa ===
In ''[[Toki Pona Dictionary|lipu ku]], "unpa''" is translated as "fucking" with a frequency of 3 (41- 60% of participants), and "fuck" with a frequency of 2 (21-40%)<ref name=":0" /> Because "fucking" and "fuck" are being used to mean sexual relations and not as swears, some may argue these uses are not profanity. In addition, {{tp|unpa}} is not seen as a taboo word compared to how {{lang|en|fuck}} is taboo over {{lang|en|sex}}.
== ''nimi sin'' ==
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==References==
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