I found out, recently, that the word "crap" is considered swearing in the UK! Really?

I suppose it's a bit like saying "bloody" or "bollocks" or stuff, here. We just don't say those words, ever--unless you've been repeatedly exposed to it, like I've been, I suppose.

Over here, Cr*p can mean sh_t, sometimes--taken in the right context, but, more generally, it's just a term everyone uses as a general statement, "I've gotta' clear this crap off'a my desk," "I got a crappy evaluation," "That speech was a load of crap." It's not at all a swearword here, just common, ordinary run-of-the-mill slang. We don't use shite or feck or arse, either. (Sorry if that's swearing to you, to me, it's technically not, as we don't use these words in my culture.)

I'm sure there's naughty words in my own culture that I know nothing about--fortunately. I know too many cuss words as it is, already. Cussing is part of my culture, these days, but it'll never be something I'm completely at home with.