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Old Feb 25, 2022, 05:37 AM
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do you swear and use cuss words?

if so, how often

I didn't think I was that bad, (and I guess in every day situations I'm not), but on here I'm terrible at it.

I suppose it's because it just feels so good to get everything out

like.. if I'm alone (which I always am), I have no one to swear to
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Old Feb 25, 2022, 07:08 AM
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I live alone, so the only audience I have is me! It really does hurt when you stub your toe, lol!

I never use the f-word in company, although I may be thinking it. It's disgraceful to hear people using it in conversation. Worst still is when they apologise then carry on with expletive-ridden sentences.

Worst example I ever witnessed was in a shop, a 5 year old told his mother she was a f-ing followed by the c-word. Could not hide my look of horror
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Old Feb 25, 2022, 07:15 AM
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Worst example I ever witnessed was in a shop, a 5 year old told his mother she was a f-ing followed by the c-word. Could not hide my look of horror
Oh my gosh!!! Thats awful!

I do swear sometimes, but usually there is a purpose to it. I wouldnt just use it in conversation.

It might be controversial, but in reality though, I dont really agree that words are "bad" and words are "good". Theyre just words. And I certainly dont appreciate that so many "bad" words are related to females. Its just part of our historically sexist and misogynistic society.
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Old Feb 25, 2022, 07:49 AM
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Normally only when quoting a TV show. And usually its the A or B word.

I swear all the time online though.
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Old Feb 25, 2022, 07:53 AM
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Oh my gosh!!! Thats awful!

I do swear sometimes, but usually there is a purpose to it. I wouldnt just use it in conversation.

It might be controversial, but in reality though, I dont really agree that words are "bad" and words are "good". Theyre just words. And I certainly dont appreciate that so many "bad" words are related to females. Its just part of our historically sexist and misogynistic society.


right

an example that comes to mind straight away is a female dog

would you say, look at the female dog?. or she's a female dog?

no, you probably wouldn't.. you'd use the proper name

my mom used to think vagina was a bad word and would force me to call it a daisy

but it's related to your body. so...
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Old Feb 25, 2022, 07:55 AM
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I live alone, so the only audience I have is me! It really does hurt when you stub your toe, lol!

I never use the f-word in company, although I may be thinking it. It's disgraceful to hear people using it in conversation. Worst still is when they apologise then carry on with expletive-ridden sentences.

Worst example I ever witnessed was in a shop, a 5 year old told his mother she was a f-ing followed by the c-word. Could not hide my look of horror


and you want to know the sad thing?

I bet you when the kid got home he had playtime and icecream

some parents are so soft on kids sometimes. not all the time, but it does happen
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Old Feb 25, 2022, 07:56 AM
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A lot of people in the LGBTQ+ community use the word ***** the same way you would use the word girl, bro, or dude. In just a friendly non offensive way.
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Old Feb 25, 2022, 08:28 AM
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The other sad thing is that the example set by the father figure at home was probably the source of such colourful language anyway.

I only started to hear those words when I went to senior school so that probably contributed to the shock factor too.

Needless to say, his mother did nothing apart from say to her friend, "did you hear what he's just said?"
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Old Feb 25, 2022, 09:53 AM
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I swear like a sailor in my personal life, but I work with kids so no cussing at work. Though I can get creative around kids. I once had a horse kick me across the aisle of the barn in front of a bunch of kids. I called him a fornication son of a sea cook!
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Old Feb 25, 2022, 10:05 AM
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Not at work of course but I do here and there in a personal life. I usually use some creative language like lizard lady, rather than straight forward vulgar language
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Old Feb 25, 2022, 11:41 AM
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The other sad thing is that the example set by the father figure at home was probably the source of such colourful language anyway.

I only started to hear those words when I went to senior school so that probably contributed to the shock factor too.

Needless to say, his mother did nothing apart from say to her friend, "did you hear what he's just said?"


wow that's pretty late

I was 9 when I heard those words for the first time

my mom introduced me to southpark and got me to copy the you killed kenny bit
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Old Feb 25, 2022, 12:24 PM
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My parents were swearing around us as far back as I can remember. But we just knew they were adult words and we couldnt say them. My dad would swear when he was joking around which my mom didnt approve of. My mom didnt even let us say the words "suck" or "crap" and we respected that. With my friends though was another story. I was a sailor mouth from the time I was 10 until I was 12 around them.

I also started watching South Park at a very young age. I first saw the movie when I was 8. I remember because it was on all the time before 9/11 and then after 9/11 it was only on pay per view. We would sit down as a family in 2005 and 2006 and watch the new episodes but if they got to be too bad my mom made us turn it off. I remember not being allowed to watch the brown noise one because of that other part of the episode. My brother and I didnt care about that part we just thought it was hilarious that everyone was crapping their pants. But, nope. My mom wouldnt let us watch it until we were older. And we still didnt get the other part then.
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Old Feb 25, 2022, 02:51 PM
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I used to swear constantly in my bad marriage....then I left & my swearing stopped. Now it only happens at times like when my cat knocked my mantle clock off the mantle & that only rates an "ah, $#:×".

I realized too that all my swearing in my marriage was because even though very educated, I just really didn't have the words to express what I was actually feeling. Good therapy has taught me to express my feelings accurately....however, not sure if I spent any time around my ex that those words wouldn't come right back into use
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Old Feb 25, 2022, 02:56 PM
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I'd love to swear more, but my language is **** that way. When I swear I do it in english.
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Old Feb 25, 2022, 05:19 PM
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I use words that generally aren't censored on this site or the radio:

damn, ***, crap
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Old Feb 25, 2022, 05:19 PM
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Well, apparently the word for "donkey" is censored on here, but not in chat. That's funny.
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Old Feb 25, 2022, 07:50 PM
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Maybe I’m evil but I like swearing when it’s due. There’s a flair to doing it well and yes- it is totally appropriate at times. Studies have been done that actually people that swear often or more than average are very intelligent.

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Old Feb 25, 2022, 09:05 PM
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Only when no one can else is around and a few times accidentally swore around my mom.
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Old Feb 25, 2022, 09:43 PM
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****in yup.
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Old Mar 02, 2022, 05:38 PM
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Like a sailor. But I can turn it off if it's in polite company
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Old Mar 02, 2022, 07:49 PM
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I usually swear more when watching the news (especially with the divisive politics of the last 5 years).

It's something I can control, in social settings, however, with only a few unfortunate slips over time.
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Old Mar 03, 2022, 01:44 AM
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The only time I ever swore in front of the customers...I got electrocuted and cried out "S---!!!" turned around and said, "sorry, got electrocuted." No one cared that I got electrocuted, not even my boss. And that week the only injury report is someone got a small cut on their finger. BASTARDS!!!

My favorite swear word is bastard. It's so much fun to say.
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Old Mar 03, 2022, 08:14 AM
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Not very often. Swearing was not a common thing in my parents' or grandparents' households, not that they didn't yell. But of course I have uttered more than a few swear words, but as written, only on rare occasions. My husband is not a frequent swearer either, but when he does it's kind of a "lesser" type of swearing. He's a Czech, so his swearing is generally not in English.
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Old Mar 03, 2022, 07:21 PM
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that's funny that bastard is not censored
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Old Mar 04, 2022, 02:43 AM
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that's funny that bastard is not censored
I find it a very humurous swear word to say. I can't take anyone seriously if they scream out, "You bastard!" It just makes me laugh. I can't take that seriously. To me it's my mischeivious swear word. I'm up to no good with that word and I say it very teasingly.
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