July 15, 2025 • 6 mins
What’s the most commonly used curse word in America?In this hilariously unfiltered episode of The Ben and Skin Show, Ben Rogers, Jeff “Skin” Wade, Kevin “KT” Turner, and Krystina Ray—dive headfirst into a YouGov survey that ranks the most-used curse words in the U.S. What follows is a side-splitting, no-holds-barred breakdown of America’s favorite four-letter words, complete with personal stories, linguistic debates, and a few band name ideas you’ll never forget.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:27):
Found this and they this is from you Gov. They
do surveys and things like that, and some of them
are interesting and most of them are not. But this
one was interesting to me as they asked a certain
amount of people that about five thousand or so people,
what are the curse words that you regularly use?
Speaker 1 (00:45):
Wow, I don't think you've nailed that dog so slippery slope.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
I have a list of, believe it or not, about
twenty five or thirty curse words. What is the word
the Americans use the most s? Yeah, okay, that's two
us for us, Ben.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Okay, I think that's a good guess because I know
for all of us and everyone we know, it's f Yeah.
I feel it's aggressive, and we are professionals and some
people are not professionals. I know, I got into uh
a cussing match with a guy who was uncomfortable cussing,
and it was as it was really awkward.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
He was like, damn.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
You know, it's like this is several years ago, but
it was like I could tell he doesn't cuss normally.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
Yeah, super awkward for him.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
So I think it's not F. I think S is
a good one. Now, question is do they consider damn
to be a cuss word? Okay, then I would say
it's damn.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
That's correct, Ben Rogers damn number one. So we shouldn't
be saying damn right now.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
We'll see. That's how sad it is. I don't even
consider it.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
Do they consider crap a cuss word?
Speaker 4 (01:57):
Right?
Speaker 1 (01:57):
I thought it was only a cuss word if you
say G. But for it, they do have crap as
a curse word. It's actually kind of funny to talk
about the words that are the least used.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
We'll get to that. A second Number two was the
S word, which is good because the S word comes
you can combine it with bull or holy aw. You know,
I like, well, you know this is great, it's a
perfect it is it comes out good.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
And I'm sure number three is F and that can
be used as an adjective, a verb, and I mean
that's like a noun. That's a very usable word. You're right,
it is. Uh A three year end is the F word? Yeah,
the fourth one on here. I would not have it
in my list of curse words. Although the Bible tells
you not to use this word idiot? What don't use idiot? Okay?
Speaker 2 (02:47):
Foiveless, suck bs and six. This is pretty easy one
say it all the time. The C word, you can
say it on the air. You can say this one
on the ear. This is a curse word that's seen
as a place potentially.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
Oh what is it? You're you're a No, it's not
a part on your body.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Location.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
I think that's a place.
Speaker 3 (03:15):
Now, Oh, what's the word? What's the first letter?
Speaker 2 (03:18):
Place is gonna give it away? Oh?
Speaker 1 (03:21):
Age? Oh? Hell?
Speaker 2 (03:22):
Hell yeah?
Speaker 1 (03:23):
Okay? H double hockey sticks, Kevin, These aren't cut forwards.
These are cuss words to a four year old.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
Number seven is also a farm animal.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
Well, no, have you guys ever seen on social media
where parents let their kids go in the bathroom and
say whatever cuss words they want. No, they set up
at their phone and they recorded that. All right, you
can get this or where you can go in that
room and just say every cuss word you can think
of and then never again.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
The kids go in there and do it in the
fire away.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
Cursing is amazing, you see, yes, sir, especially when they
have a British accent.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
I love little kids with British accent. Yeah, it's amazing.
Now she brought up British. Let's get the sea word
because they use it all the time. The Brits love
the sea word, Kevin, where is it way down on
the list. We don't use that often in America, Okay,
just know not to. So I'm assuming Pe is way higher.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
I'm saying it's really uh that combination with the F
word before. It happened on the Always Sunny premiere from
the main character of Abbot Elementary who's kind of good
and never cusses, and she dropped that hard the combination.
It was so edgy, it was fun.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
I've got one I'd like to know about. Is this
on the list? It's a It's two words. First one
is a rooster, second one is a lollipop.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Not on there.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
Interesting and should be because seen as one of the
worst ones, right.
Speaker 3 (04:53):
I mean, it's just a really good one.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
It's because the two k's, especially if you are a mobster. Yeah,
if you're a mobster, it's yeah, it's great. You F
and c s. Crab bitch Yep, that's a good band name.
Speaker 4 (05:12):
All right, guys, give it up for crab bitch. Yeah
they say.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
Crab son of a bitch. Okay, now here's some ones
that are the least ones. Okay, uh wanker that's British.
Speaker 3 (05:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
The sea word one of the sea words. Another one
of the sea words. They had balls on the list.
I think we could say balls.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
I say that lot, I say that a whole lot.
There's a lot that on this list. We can say, though,
hell Dan balls.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
I try not to cuss when I play pickle ball,
but that's all I want to do is say really
offensive horrible things. Make a mistake, So I just say.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
Balls, dog balls stallone.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
Did Clark Yep?
Speaker 1 (05:58):
What is that?
Speaker 2 (06:00):
That's enough?
Speaker 1 (06:01):
Yeah, there we go.
Speaker 4 (06:02):
All America coming up next the conclusion to the Dave
Matthew story that Katy started telling. I want to hear it,
and technology the technology hump uh. One member of our
show is being called out by America.
Speaker 3 (06:18):
Who is it? Find out next
Ben and Skin Show ninety one point one the Egle.
Listen all day and whole week for your chance to win.
Pantheric tickets are coming to do Seki's in September. Be
listening for your chance to win. Have that iHeart app
and you will be good to go. Got some good
stuff about the Dallas Cowboys coming up in half an hour,
but right now it's time for this.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Found this and they this is from you Gov. They
do surveys and things like that, and some of them
are interesting and most of them are not. But this
one was interesting to me as they asked a certain
amount of people that about five thousand or so people,
what are the curse words that you regularly use?
Speaker 1 (00:45):
Wow, I don't think you've nailed that dog so slippery slope.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
I have a list of, believe it or not, about
twenty five or thirty curse words. What is the word
the Americans use the most s? Yeah, okay, that's two
us for us, Ben.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Okay, I think that's a good guess because I know
for all of us and everyone we know, it's f Yeah.
I feel it's aggressive, and we are professionals and some
people are not professionals. I know, I got into uh
a cussing match with a guy who was uncomfortable cussing,
and it was as it was really awkward.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
He was like, damn.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
You know, it's like this is several years ago, but
it was like I could tell he doesn't cuss normally.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
Yeah, super awkward for him.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
So I think it's not F. I think S is
a good one. Now, question is do they consider damn
to be a cuss word? Okay, then I would say
it's damn.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
That's correct, Ben Rogers damn number one. So we shouldn't
be saying damn right now.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
We'll see. That's how sad it is. I don't even
consider it.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
Do they consider crap a cuss word?
Speaker 4 (01:57):
Right?
Speaker 1 (01:57):
I thought it was only a cuss word if you
say G. But for it, they do have crap as
a curse word. It's actually kind of funny to talk
about the words that are the least used.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
We'll get to that. A second Number two was the
S word, which is good because the S word comes
you can combine it with bull or holy aw. You know,
I like, well, you know this is great, it's a
perfect it is it comes out good.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
And I'm sure number three is F and that can
be used as an adjective, a verb, and I mean
that's like a noun. That's a very usable word. You're right,
it is. Uh A three year end is the F word? Yeah,
the fourth one on here. I would not have it
in my list of curse words. Although the Bible tells
you not to use this word idiot? What don't use idiot? Okay?
Speaker 2 (02:47):
Foiveless, suck bs and six. This is pretty easy one
say it all the time. The C word, you can
say it on the air. You can say this one
on the ear. This is a curse word that's seen
as a place potentially.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
Oh what is it? You're you're a No, it's not
a part on your body.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Location.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
I think that's a place.
Speaker 3 (03:15):
Now, Oh, what's the word? What's the first letter?
Speaker 2 (03:18):
Place is gonna give it away? Oh?
Speaker 1 (03:21):
Age? Oh? Hell?
Speaker 2 (03:22):
Hell yeah?
Speaker 1 (03:23):
Okay? H double hockey sticks, Kevin, These aren't cut forwards.
These are cuss words to a four year old.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
Number seven is also a farm animal.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
Well, no, have you guys ever seen on social media
where parents let their kids go in the bathroom and
say whatever cuss words they want. No, they set up
at their phone and they recorded that. All right, you
can get this or where you can go in that
room and just say every cuss word you can think
of and then never again.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
The kids go in there and do it in the
fire away.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
Cursing is amazing, you see, yes, sir, especially when they
have a British accent.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
I love little kids with British accent. Yeah, it's amazing.
Now she brought up British. Let's get the sea word
because they use it all the time. The Brits love
the sea word, Kevin, where is it way down on
the list. We don't use that often in America, Okay,
just know not to. So I'm assuming Pe is way higher.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
I'm saying it's really uh that combination with the F
word before. It happened on the Always Sunny premiere from
the main character of Abbot Elementary who's kind of good
and never cusses, and she dropped that hard the combination.
It was so edgy, it was fun.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
I've got one I'd like to know about. Is this
on the list? It's a It's two words. First one
is a rooster, second one is a lollipop.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Not on there.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
Interesting and should be because seen as one of the
worst ones, right.
Speaker 3 (04:53):
I mean, it's just a really good one.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
It's because the two k's, especially if you are a mobster. Yeah,
if you're a mobster, it's yeah, it's great. You F
and c s. Crab bitch Yep, that's a good band name.
Speaker 4 (05:12):
All right, guys, give it up for crab bitch. Yeah
they say.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
Crab son of a bitch. Okay, now here's some ones
that are the least ones. Okay, uh wanker that's British.
Speaker 3 (05:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
The sea word one of the sea words. Another one
of the sea words. They had balls on the list.
I think we could say balls.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
I say that lot, I say that a whole lot.
There's a lot that on this list. We can say, though,
hell Dan balls.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
I try not to cuss when I play pickle ball,
but that's all I want to do is say really
offensive horrible things. Make a mistake, So I just say.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
Balls, dog balls stallone.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
Did Clark Yep?
Speaker 1 (05:58):
What is that?
Speaker 2 (06:00):
That's enough?
Speaker 1 (06:01):
Yeah, there we go.
Speaker 4 (06:02):
All America coming up next the conclusion to the Dave
Matthew story that Katy started telling. I want to hear it,
and technology the technology hump uh. One member of our
show is being called out by America.
Speaker 3 (06:18):
Who is it? Find out next
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