How do you feel about swearing?

[Nightcrawler]

Well? Myself, I am happy to say that I don't go beyond the ocassional 'hell' and 'damn', (if you even count that), and rarely even utter a 'sh*t'. However, I know many people who every other word out of their mouths is the F bomb.

So what's your take on cuss words?

[elheffe]

So what's your take on cuss words?
I like to fuckin' cuss.

[UncleBob]

I don't give a damn.

[Shellhead]

Swear words can be very expressive, either when you're extremely angry or very passionate, or any other extreme situation. But people often overuse them, thus lessening the impact of these choice words. Other people wouldn't say sh*t if they had a mouthful of it, and I consider them to be so repressed that they are emotionally stunted.

[Trulyures]

Well? Myself, I am happy to say that I don't go beyond the ocassional 'hell', (if you even count that), and rarely even utter a 'sh*t'. However, I know many people who every other word out of their mouths is the F bomb.

So what's your take on cuss words?
honestly, I don't like to curse at all...... I don't even say H*** and if I do use it, I use it properly. I use to curse sooooo much before and every word would be the F word or the B word....

[North]

IM competly the fuck against swearing

[StoneGold]

Fuck 'em if they can't take a joke.

[Trulyures]

Swear words can be very expressive, either when you're extremely angry or very passionate, or any other extreme situation. But people often overuse them, thus lessening the impact of these choice words. Other people wouldn't say sh*t if they had a mouthful of it, and I consider them to be so repressed that they are emotionally stunted.
I disagree with you there.....
I don't curse and I know how to express myself fully without saying cuss words :)

[North]

yeah for the most part I dont swear, unless I want to empasize something.

or ya know singing rap music :D


My best friend never swears. In 6 years of friendship hes maybe sworn three four times max. But when he swears he means it . Super emphasis

[Shellhead]

I disagree with you there.....
I don't curse and I know how to express myself fully without saying cuss words :)

Yeah, but the best swear words, regardless of the language, have those harsh consonant sounds. German is a particularly good language for swearing, although it's a lousy language for whispering sweet nothings or singing romantic songs.

[Trulyures]

Yeah, but the best swear words, regardless of the language, have those harsh consonant sounds. German is a particularly good language for swearing, although it's a lousy language for whispering sweet nothings or singing romantic songs.
hahahaha... not really. I really do let out my feelings and it's not hard, but I don't get angry much and if I dom well I just listen to music or let it out by working out..... :)

[Puma]

I swear like a sailor...although I am trying to curb some of my more profane rants

[Slam_Bradley]

I feel good about it.

[Grant]

It keeps me from punching people in the face.

[Ray R.]

I feel good about it.

I come from Irish and Italian Catholic stock - we use swear words like punctuation.

Even more when we play sports, drink or say hello to each other. Then they become verbs, direct objects, gerunds, and conjunctions, as well as punctuation.

[Quarterwolf]

The big thing for me is WHO decide's what word is a swear word?

I say I will use every word in the language to express how I feel. You want to call it a swear that is your choice and your issue. I am simply using the words provided and some that are not.

If someone wanted to be offended and rant about how the word Water is a swear word that is their choice.

[Slam_Bradley]

I come from Irish and Italian Catholic stock - we use swear words like punctuation.

Even more when we play sports, drink or say hello to each other. Then they become verbs, direct objects, gerunds, and conjunctions, as well as punctuation.


German Catholic here. A lil more gutteral and less lilting in the cussing than your folk.

[UncleBob]

It keeps me from punching people in the face.

It makes people punch me in the face. Especially when I do it at pre-schools and in churches.

[Sir Tim Drake]

I think people who swear are fucking assholes.

[Dan Apodaca]

Swearing is nice, as long as you're not doing just to do it. Swearing's at its best when you really mean it.

[Trulyures]

I think people who swear are fucking assholes.
I guess you are calling yourself one then........

[Dan Apodaca]

I guess you are calling yourself one then........


JOKEJOKEJOKE.

[Eliot Johnson]

I think the general idea about cuss words (or 'swear words' if you prefer) is stupid. The only reason they're taboo is that we've made them taboo. Words only have the power which we give them.

That said, certain words have been given an incredible amount of power. Racial slurs, for example, while not techinically cuss words, hold a good deal of power. I've seen the power (never a good power) they can have, and, thus, I don't use them.

As for 'technical' cuss words (i.e. "the f bomb"), they don't bother me, and I do say them when I'm around other people who they don't bother. However, if I get the sense that I am offending someone, I would immediately stop. Just because I don't see the power behind those words doesn't mean that they don't severely effect someone else. Of course, I'll also watch my mouth around kids, 'cause that's up to their parents.

[Trulyures]

JOKEJOKEJOKE.
I know :D just wanted to see what you would say :p

[John S Osen]

It's a great substitute for thinking! :)

[Shades0077]

Goddammit, all the funny jokes about swearing have already been taken. Fuck.

[ocelotrevs]

Sometimes I don't mind, but most of the time it's over the top
I was on the bus, and this boy was chatting too his friend, and he started the conversation with "Fucking... " and I was thinking, that wasn't nessecary.
Sometimes it can be nice too say a good "bollocks" or "ah for f^{k's sake"
People say it shows a lack of vocabulary, I think it can show a wide vocabulary in the right situation
It depends where you are as well, at work, and college i'd swear but at home I don't. And who I'm speaking too as well

[Nightcrawler]

A time it really bothers me, is when people get into an arguement, and the slower side's comeback is always, 'F*ck you!', because they can't think of anything better to say.

[phoenixrising]

A time it really bothers me, is when people get into an arguement, and the slower side's comeback is always, 'F*ck you!', because they can't think of anything better to say.

Not always the case. A well-placed "F*ck You" in an argument can be a real winner.

[Ray R.]

Not always the case. A well-placed "F*ck You" in an argument can be a real winner.

Zing!

Unless it's with your grandma.....I don't recommend it, then.....

[howyadoin]

I like to fuckin' cuss.Motherfucker beat me to it.

[Slam_Bradley]

Zing!

Unless it's with your grandma.....I don't recommend it, then.....


Or in court. Most judges frown on it.

[Quarterwolf]

Not always the case. A well-placed "F*ck You" in an argument can be a real winner.

Kinda like with that wee bit of a man at the store in SD? What a asshole.

[Sanagi]

I avoid it as much as possible so that when I do use a swear word, people are properly shocked by it.

[MJC]

I like to fuckin' cuss.

I fuckin' concur.

[Deathstroke]

I'm fluent in two languages: English and Profanity.

I enjoy both equally.

[Slam_Bradley]

I'm fluent in two languages: English and Profanity.

I enjoy both equally.


Since when are you fluent in English?

[Deathstroke]

Since when are you fluent in English?

Prick!!!!!!!

[phoenixrising]

Kinda like with that wee bit of a man at the store in SD? What a asshole.

"No, it is you that is the ball licker!"

[The Defenestrator]

Cursing's good for you, man. Very expressive. Just make sure you watch it. I curse all the time unless I know it'll make folks uncomfortable. It's just another part of our evolving language. :D I actually ended up telling a guy downtown to knock off the swearing a few weeks ago because there were kids around. Lucky I still got my teeth to make these stupid emoticons.

My wife used to curse a lot, but really she and I just use curses as parts of jokes or everyday conversation. Basically, as long as the other person knows there's nothing really bad behind it it's no problem. But if it does bug 'em you gotta be considerate of that.




Or else they'll curse ya out.

[Xiroteus]

Edit......

[Loren]

I don't swear at all. Very few of my friends cuss much at all, or at least don't do it around me. No one in my immediate family does. I can count on one hand the number of times I've heard either of my parents use a real cussword.

And to illustrate the extent of my family's distate for profanity, we were brought up not to say 'crap' or 'fart.' My dad would occasionally criticize a Scout on a camping trip for using the latter word. My family and I still don't use that word, but my dad will occasionally use the former for effect (almost always in adjective form), and every once in a blue moon I'll use the adjective in order to better drive home a joke.

[clayholio]

Swearing is good times. But I generally don't swear much around people I don't know, at least until I know that they're okay with it. However, words are just words. I don't think that there are 7 or more words that are somehow morally suspect. Not using those words are what make them taboo, and therefore more important. I'm against that.

I don't think that swearing has anything to do with vocabulary, either. My vocabulary is fucking enormous, but sometimes I just have to really emphasize my point.

[Rachel Grey]

I try to only swear when appropriate. Sometimes, though, you just have to bitch out a motherfucker.

[Jake V]

I swear all the time. In real conversations, phone calls, IM's, everywhere.

Except this post, oddly enough.

[Tish-the-Scorpion]

didn't i make a topic about this??

[Atomic Mongoose]

My best friend makes fun of me because according to him, every spoken sentence that comes out of my mouth follows this structure:

"God damn [blablablabla] fucking [blablablabla], bitch."

I do cuss a LOT. Maybe too much, but I just can't help it. It's the way I talk. I do notice, however, that I consciously put extra effort into editing myself when speaking at work, etc., because I am paranoid that an F-bomb might slip out here and there.

I'm a God damn living, breathing fucking episode of The Osbournes, bitch.

[FunkyGreenJerusalem]

Well? Myself, I am happy to say that I don't go beyond the ocassional 'hell' and 'damn', (if you even count that), and rarely even utter a 'sh*t'. However, I know many people who every other word out of their mouths is the F bomb.


I think "F-bomb" is more offensive than profanity.
It is ridiculous and quite grating.
I hope for those who know you, you don't say things like "F-bomb" outloud, otherwise it really would be a trial to stay in your company to long.

"Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer."
-- Mark Twain

I swear by the first amendment.

[Tish-the-Scorpion]

i have a black british friend whom curses alot.but its never really over bearing when she curse,either that or i have gotten use to it over the past years.i my self have the tendancy to over use the word bitch,and the term no shit alot.

[K'Nort]

I rarely swear. I know this because I frequently get called on it. Makes people think I'm uptight. I do swear more when drinking, however. Go figure. Like cussing the bouncer in San Diego.

As others here have said, sometimes cursing is the least eloquent option, and sometimes it's the most.

My favourite example of how ingrained profanity becomes for some is that scene in Goodfellas where DeNiro's character obliviously says "I've got two words for you -- Shut the fuck up."

[kingpin51]

i curse around my family and close friends A LOT but whenever i curse at school people seem shocked and suprised.

[K'Nort]

i curse around my family and close friends A LOT but whenever i curse at school people seem shocked and suprised.

Are you the teacher?

[Paradox]

Another *$^#@&in' sailor, here.

[Deathstroke]

Another *$^#@&in' sailor, here.

I'm so proud of you!

[kingpin51]

Are you the teacher?

actually i'm the student

[i_mmmchocolate]

Well? Myself, I am happy to say that I don't go beyond the ocassional 'hell' and 'damn', (if you even count that), and rarely even utter a 'sh*t'.

Me too. I've got to be really, really angry to utter the 'F' word; that rarely happens by the way.

Justin Davis tried to peer pressure me into cursing at SDCC, and I just couldn't!

[Deathstroke]

Justin Davis tried to peer pressure me into cursing at SDCC, and I just couldn't!

You couldn't perform?

Did you try Swearagra?

[i_mmmchocolate]

Did you try Swearagra?

Nope, but I should have: I can't swear under pressure! heh.

[Crimson]

I don't mind it... as long is its not over used.

In jokes, or if someone is ticked off I don't mind but if someone’s like, "Oh fucking yeah! I was going down these fucking stairs in this shit hole and this bitch walked up to me…" it gets annoying, fast.

A friend of the family is like this and it gets very embarrassing when you go to a restaurant as he’s not a quiet person so everyone can hear and he talks like that too everyone.

I never swear around my family.

[Ghost]

Being a writer, I'm pretty liberal to swearing, even though I don't actually do so myself. (I swear a hell of a lot more in English then I do in Swedish.) In writing, it can be a good way to help define the personality of a character.

It also depends greatly on the type of curses we're talking about. For instance, I find profanity of sexual nature (such as "fuck") to be vulgar and slightly childish. My favourites are the British blood-related curses. (Bloody, Bleeding, etc.) They just sound so fun. :)

Problem with swearing is that if you use it too often, and/or without thinking, it'll loose its power and just become excess sound. Also, it's often regarded as a sign of a limited vocabulary.

[Fenris]

I don't swear. Part of this is just habit, I guess; I don't really have a reason not to use scatological terms, I just don't like them. (Religious curse words, on the other hand, get into more serious territory.)

Since coming into the Navy, this has gotten a bit harder. There's a lot of people who use profanity as all-purpose punctuation; and I've noticed it creeping into my thinking a little bit, just from the saturation exposure.

[Deathstroke]

Nope, but I should have: I can't swear under pressure! heh.


Spend some time with me...you'll have sailors blushing...

[Paul McEnery]

Being a writer, I'm pretty liberal to swearing, even though I don't actually do so.
Hah!

I still remember the high excitement of seeing my first cuss word in print.

And the first time I got to swear at my Dad in my own house! Yeah, suck on that, Jimmy!

And the first time my mother assayed the usage of "motherfucker" in a late night card game when she came to visit. Whee! (Mind, my mother also taught me to say, when I was little: "I chased a bug around a tree; I'll have his blood, he knows I will!")

And what a joy it is when a small child learns his or her first cuss word and runs around the house yelling it at top volume, over and over again.

And nothing tells you you've arrived at a job like when a co-worker drops the first casual "fuck!".

But most of all: letting rip with every offensive word you can think of at the telemarketer who calls you when you're waking up first thing in the morning. Sweet!

[Paul McEnery]

I come from Irish and Italian Catholic stock - we use swear words like punctuation.

Even more when we play sports, drink or say hello to each other. Then they become verbs, direct objects, gerunds, and conjunctions, as well as punctuation.
You fuckin' fuck! What the fuck you fuckin' around with? Fuck!

[howyadoin]

Hah!

I still remember the high excitement of seeing my first cuss word in print.Me too. I said "fuck" in the letters page of a Tank Girl issue.

Heady stuff.

[The Defenestrator]

I loved joke-cursing at my high school history teacher and turning in papers in English classes that were loaded with curses and getting As.

[GUYANATHUGG]

I curse too much, to everyone I can get away with it with. I use it as everday terminology and sometimes I can see the look on some peoples faces when I do curse but really I don't give a fuck. The only time I won't swear is with certain people at work.

[Solaris]

Well? Myself, I am happy to say that I don't go beyond the ocassional 'hell' and 'damn', (if you even count that), and rarely even utter a 'sh*t'. However, I know many people who every other word out of their mouths is the F bomb.

So what's your take on cuss words?

I love to swear, but don't do it every other breath.

Want an example of how lame it can sound when someone wants to throw out a good insult and won't swear? Watch M.A.S.H. and Frank Burns. His "Oh, you guys!" "Go soak your head!" "Go jump in the lake!" etc. are a real example of just how frustrated I'd be if I couldn't swear... he sounds like a limp banana.

It doesn't bother me if someone won't swear---but if they want to truly vent their frustration, or throw a good insult or something, they need to have a good vocabulary and a good imagination. But those who do can at times actually out-do a swearer. Heh.

Certainly there's times and places where I watch my language... but I've enjoyed swearing since I was a teen. It feels good, allows you to express frustration, astonishment, approval, anger, loathing, etc. with a couple of words.

[Jared_Humpherys]

I swear, and really don't mind others swearing around me. After all, most words only have power if society gives them power(and I say most, as Terrance McKenna once said: "The truth of magic is that the world is made of words. And if you learn those words, you can make of the world what you will.")