Re: Is there a law for that?
"Silly question but is there a legal list of "offensive" words in the UK and when they are not allowed to be used *by law*?"
No - and the law is very clear (High Court rulings) that swearing at a copper doesn't pass the threshold as the court finds not only that they've seen and heard it all before - even if you did insult the constable's dear old mother's moral values and questioned his ancestry - they're both trained and expected to put with it as part of the job.
Of course, if you're screaming at the top of your lungs "I plan to ritually disembowel each and every one of you before roasting your eyeballs on a spit" that might qualify as a section 5 offence depending on how seriously the threat was taken.
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