Since Linux is an open source software, it’s inevitable that profanity would appear in the source code sooner or later. The site of Vidar Holen has a section that continuously tracks the number of curse words in the Linux kernel since the beginning of 1990’s.
In addition, you can search for other words from other categories like Companies (Google, Apple, etc.), Blooeans (Ture|Treu|Tuer, Flase|False|Fales), etc. If you want you can even search for custom words and see how many times they occurred in the source code.
Here are some of the searches that I did. Note that the numbers are for the latest version of the Linux kernel only:
Bug — 6403
Error — 100867
Lol — 39
Meh — 27
Penguin — 32
Windows — 2132
Wordpress — 2
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I never put curse words in code, but I certainly uttered them while trying to code! Or, rather in seeing that the code didn’t work. You might enjoy these stories about programming and larger implications. https://petersironwood.wordpress.com/2018/07/26/buggy-whips-to-fingertips/
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Ah, I can’t find the link because I haven’t seen it in ten years or so, but a chart comparing expletives in various bodies of code showed the leaked Windows ME code was a runaway winner. =)
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It’s nice article, i like it..
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I kindof just want to print out that chart and frame it! You just gifted my first big laugh of the day! Thank You and Cheers!!! 🤣
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Penguin is super random.
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Well, GNU/Linux’s mascot is Tux the penguin =)
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Yeah for Bugs! Poor WordPress! 🙂
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That was interesting! Thanks for posting 🙂
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I knew there was a reason I didn’t like Linux. I thought it was that stupid space you have to put after the “cd” command…
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