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George Carlin,  acerbic, dark and very smart comedian has died at age 71.  Early in his career he came up with a skit about 7 short words that went all the way to the Supreme Court, which is outlined below.

His dabbles with drugs and other demons have been well documented but he largely lived a decent good life. He worked much harder than he had too because he loved to work, and share and piss and moan.

Look elsewhere for details of how rich, varied and brave his career was. I even enjoyed his books.

The following is excerpted from Wikipedia about his 7 Dirty Words Battle.
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In 1972, comedian George Carlin was arrested for disturbing the peace when he performed the “Seven Dirty Words” at a show in Wisconsin. In 1973, Carlin recorded a monologue known as “Filthy Words” containing seven obscenities. The Pacifica radio station WBAI-FM broadcast it uncensored on October 30 of the same year. A man driving in the car with his son heard the broadcast and complained to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) because he was unhappy his son had heard it.

Following the lodging of the complaint, the FCC proceeded to ask Pacifica for a response, then issued a declaratory order upholding the complaint. No specific sanctions were included in the order, but WBAI was put on notice that “in the event subsequent complaints are received, the Commission will then decide whether it should utilize any of the available sanctions it has been granted by Congress.”

Pacifica appealed against this decision, which was overturned by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The FCC in turn appealed to the Supreme Court, which ruled in favor of the FCC, see: FCC v. Pacifica Foundation 438 U.S. 726 (1978) and First Amendment Library entry on the case.

This decision formally established indecency regulation in American broadcasting. In follow-up rulings, the Supreme Court clarified that the words might be acceptable under certain circumstances, particularly at times when children would not be expected to be in the audience.[1][2]

The words are (with examples):
1. Shit - The bird shit on the statue.
2. Piss - I have to piss like a race horse.
3. Fuck - Fuck you.
4. Cunt - She has a gorgeous cunt.
5. Cocksucker - Go to hell, you cocksucker.
6. Motherfucker - You are a motherfucker.
7. Tits - Hey, nice tits.

Later, Carlin referred to three additional “auxiliary” words:
1. Fart - I farted.
2. Turd - Who dropped a turd in the urinal?
3. Twat - Shave that hairy twat.

In his comedy special Again!, Carlin commented that at one point, a man asked him to remove “motherfucker,” since as a derivative of “fuck,” it constituted a duplication. He has since added it back, claiming the bit’s rhythm doesn’t work without it.