Rude, Tasteless and Offensive

This is probably the dirtiest page on our site (so far), so if you are easily offended – or underage – we strongly recommend you click somewhere else before it is too late.

If you take a look at the places listed here, you’ll be tempted to believe that we are making things up. Not at all: all of these towns, villages, streets, and roads with exhilarating names are as real as it gets. The world is big, history is long, and part of the result is what you witness here.

As you can see, many of these signs are just linguistic coincidences from more or less distant countries, but we also list many examples from English-speaking countries. In most cases, history and tradition can explain why just that specific name was chosen. Sometimes, the origin dates back a very long time (for instance, the French village of Pussy was founded in the 12th century).

In this collection of bad words we’ve also included some related signs that – although not insulting or profane – have some kind of connection with the topic, like Brest or a quite famous sign from Virginia Beach forbidding pedestrians to swear in public.
We dare to believe that we can guarantee you a good laugh or, at least, an exclamation of astonishment…