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* ''Carrots/Duck Tape'' (sic) ''/Robert Fripp/Yoko Ono/John Lennon/Attack prostitutes'' - these terms are used to refer to a bizarre conspiracy theory held by one (apparently former) user, a deaf and mentally ill man from America, who believed that he was being persecuted by a cabal of rock musicians who were somehow involved in the assassination of John Lennon and the spread of AIDS. Much loved by the GU community, who treated his ideas with gentle indulgence.

* Swears. There is a feeling among many members of the GU community that swears are big and clever and that everybody is laughing. They are probably right. One of the favourite swears is the word 'cunt', and whilst using it in its unadorned state can be creditworthy in itself, greater kudos can be gained from - to paraphrase Rachmaninov - Rhapsodising on a Theme of Cunt. Favourite variations include: cuntosity, cuntish (as in 'he seems a bit cuntish', i.e. 'he's a bit of a rotter/idiot/fool'), cuntastic (which can be used to celebrate or denigrate), cunted (as in 'my computer isn't working, it appears to be cunted') and cunting (this can be used as both an adverb and adjective and may well have first been used in the phrase 'it's cunting it down outside', i.e., 'it's raining rather heavily'). The word can also be used in conjunction with other more innocuous words to create a new phrase - a favourite in the GU community being 'cunt soup' - meaning (to employ another swear) 'a bunch of arse', or 'really not very good at all'. Fuck and all its variations is also a GU favourite, but in recent years has had to bow to the greater power of cunt.

* ''"Fuck Off, Cunt".'' One of the most cunt infested "threads" on GUT is "What Are You Wearing" in which is believed to be a bunch of self obsessed London based fuckups talktalking bollocks to each other, however is in fact a bunch of self obsessed fuckups talking bollocks to each other from around the UK. A notoriously unfriendly thread, any time a new poster attempts to engage them in conversation, they are met with a hearty succession of "Fuck off, cunt"s until the poor cunt takeseither theleaves, hintor andrealises fucksthey off.must Thatalso thosebecome ona WAYWself areobsessed utterfuckup cuntsand themselvestalk isbollocks. neitherAll hereknow noreach there.other Itin doesreal makelife, themand seethe,meet up very regularly to talk bollocks with thoughalcohol.

===Folklore and traditions===