swearing

[file cabinet]

When I was younger, I tried really really hard not to swear. I would think of 'safe' words. Instead of shit I would think of the word shirt. Instead of fuck I would force myself to think fluck. The breaking point came in 8th grade. I don't quite remember what happened but when I started swearing, I couldn't stop. Ever other fucking fuck word fuck was a fucking swear shit word.
The floodgates had opened and I continue to this day I haven't stopped swearing, although maybe not as excessively as that one fateful day in 8th grade.

[Vagabond]

I have no problem with swearing. Hell, I have done my share of it; I just found myself abstaining from it the last years. No particular reason. I only swear (boy, do I swear) when I am working on a pc and it crushes or doesn't function properly. At such an occasion, I don't pay attention to who might be near and can hear me.

(Sometimes during soccer games, too, but really rarely...)

edited for excessive misspelling <_<

[int]

I try to only swear when it adds a certain emphasis in the conversation.

[Miss Padfoot]

I only swear when I am startled and angry (e.g. stubbed my toe), in which case I'm not really conscious of the decision to swear, or on a tirade or rant, in which I usually am conscious of it. Not surprisingly, I tend to swear more when those around me are swearing.

[Division56]

I swear at the computer all the time. Sometimes the things just make me so mad.


I actually shattered a laptop screen once by punching it. *blush*

[flan2dave]

I figured out any one word will do for my swearing quota. I thought "blast" would be too corny to catch on, now I don't think twice before saying it out loud anytime something frustrates. Blast it all.

[antireconciler]

I figured out any one word will do for my swearing quota. I thought "blast" would be too corny to catch on, now I don't think twice before saying it out loud anytime something frustrates. Blast it all.

I like "curse you". It's kinda like "blast". Probably draws the same looks :lol: Sometimes it reminds me of Ganondorf after Link beats him in Legend of Zelda: OOT. Typically I use something different if something's really gone wrong, like "shit", but I try not to swear. My family really looks down on it, and so do most women from what I hear (probably the bigger motivator of the two). Now that I think about it, my parents probably swear a lot more than I do and they use a much wider vocabulary to do it. Weird.

[flan2dave]

In the same spirit, I'll call people "fools" instead of, say, idiots. I had been using it so long in high school, when I arrived in college I forgot it would draw the weird looks. :D

I won't have a problem with people cursing if they A. Don't sound stupid. (not a problem around here) or B. If I didn't have to witness their transition from self-control to opening the floodgates. In case B I'll get over it in time. However, hanging around them too much produces cracks in my cursing firewall. <_<

[antireconciler]

In the same spirit, I'll call people "fools" instead of, say, idiots. I had been using it so long in high school, when I arrived in college I forgot it would draw the weird looks. :D

I won't have a problem with people cursing if they A. Don't sound stupid. (not a problem around here) or B. If I didn't have to witness their transition from self-control to opening the floodgates. In case B I'll get over it in time. However, hanging around them too much produces cracks in my cursing firewall. <_<

Definatly. One of my managers at work will just go nuts at the slightest inconvenience. He'll keep going until I'm finally like "Patrick, shut up!". He says "okay" and is quiet until something else comes up and he comes loose again, and I have to tell him to shut up again. It's great fun. :rolleyes:

Try calling someone someone an "arrant fool" or even a "pretensious upstart" like they do in the fantasy novels. :lol: At that point, man, you'll be on the frontiers of cool.

[Odyssey]

I reserve swearing for the most infuriating of circumstances. My parents trained me that way, I think.

I've used the F-word about three to five times in my life... Of course it might go through my -head- more often than that, but I rarely see a need to verbalize it. Swear words are strongly linked to ANGER in my mind, so excessive swearers sound infuriated to me even when I logically know they're not.

It also "helps" that a family member swears at least once a day - especially at computers like others have mentioned. Why? Because I, of course, want to feel superior in my self-control *rolls eyes at self*. Nah, more because my weirdly strong superego (despite my equally powerful id) demands it.

~Odyssey

[paladinoflunaria]

I've used the F-word about three to five times in my life

Same here, only about 10ish times.

I also didn't swear too much until the end of middle school. I don't have a problem with it now- they're just words. I don't use them very much anyway, mostly for emphasis or when I'm frustrated, but I will again say that I don't have a problem with swearing.

[cloakable]

I have no problems with swearing, though I don't swear much. However, when I get angry, I'll swear like a wounded pirate. :D

And I don't get those people who are offended by swearing. I mean, why? It's only words.

[shaytana]

I stubbed my toe when I was about 12 in front of my mom. I had the words shit damn fucking hell on my lips but bit it back because my mother was there. She noticed though and told me to say it, I had just stubbed my toe after all and that was reason enough to swear. Haha big mistake mom, from then on it was a game to think of acceptable reasons to swear and not get into trouble. Mom was no match and I soon incorporated the swear words into my common vocab and to this day will swear when ever I feel like it, I do not think about it anymore unless in a situation where there is no acceptable reason to swear (ie; job interview, dinner with grandma)

[KentOhio]

I've never sworn. Never said The D-word or the F-word or anything. Not even "heck." Not even in private with no one around. Don't know why, just seems like it could become unconscious if I ever started, and I always like to be in control of myself. I think it makes a good impression too; I stand out from everyone else by not swearing and that comes off as favorable.

[Division56]

That's interesting. As with trying to become favorable for any other thing, you must have a target. Who exactly are you trying to come off as favorable to?

[file cabinet]

That's interesting. As with trying to become favorable for any other thing, you must have a target. Who exactly are you trying to come off as favorable to?

maybe he's a serial killer and doesn't want to lead anyone on..

[KentOhio]

Lol, file cabinet, you got me... As for a target, hmm... I guess I want to come off as favorable to everyone. It's nice to be thought of as "such a nice young man" and all. People who don't swear, to me, seem more intelligent and in-control of themselves. I can still be rude, mind you, just not vocabularily.

[alex]

I might be alone here, but most of the time I find swearing pretty funny. Actually, very funny. My "funny" fantasy (or something?) involves people talking about something highly technical or complex and being very liberal with their cursing. I just can't get enough. Fortunately it's not that hard to find where I go to school.

I say stuff like "what the crap" and so on all the time. I'll use harder curses in jokes but other than that, rarely. Like that time I turned onto a 4-lane one way street with cars flying at me I just had to say "shit".

[Kirkey]

I find myself swearing alot more than I should. I control myself when I'm around women and someone's parents, but around friends it's nothing at all. At work I find myself swearing lightly to myself everytime someone comes in and that just seem natural because most of the other employees do the same thing. Oh well either way as most of you have said they're just words.

[adamjaskie]

I might be alone here, but most of the time I find swearing pretty funny. Actually, very funny. My "funny" fantasy (or something?) involves people talking about something highly technical or complex and being very liberal with their cursing.

Find that audio file somewhere "One of the most versitile words in the English language is the word 'fuck'." Whatever it is called. It goes on for several minutes detailing the various uses of the word "fuck". You would probably find it quite humourous.

I swear fairly often, but it is usually just one word. I know some people that will launch into a long stream of cursing, while I will just leave it at "damn" "shit" or "fuck" depending on the severity of the situation. I don't really use any of the combinations, such as "fucking cunt" or "goddamn fucking piece of shit" that some of my friends are wont to say.

[Avengardh]

This is a funny thread! Lol.

I have nothing against swearing, yeah, I do it. Mostly when I am pissed or when I am talking to my brother (17), I can control it just fine just like I can control my emotions when I am around people I don't know (I only really swear around my family, if you catch me swearing in front of you it's because you are a really really really good friend).
In my country, it's even an art, but it's much more than just the f-word for people here, like I said, it's an art.

You aren't Mexican if you don't swear. If they say they don't, then they are lying.

[Yes, I am aware I just made a real general assumption, but so far, it's true! :D]

[Jkrs]

I usually don't swear unless I've been injured (i.e. dropping something on my own foot). Then, it's usually just one word or phrase out of the assortment.

I suppose it's a reaction against the jerk patrol at my high school, who seemed to use it as punctuation.

[ohnoaninfp]

I cuss like a soldier when I am pissed off. It lets people know that I am angry and to leave me alone. Unfortunately my brother doesan't get it. :( My dad used to say GenieFuckinwillackers, which I thought was funny . I normally don't cuss around people who don't swear in front of me, but some times it slips out. :o :rofl:

[jimkopelli]

As said before, it mostly depends on company. Most of the time I just make meaningless noises that I make up on the spot.

[Claverhouse]

Most of the time I just make meaningless noises that I make up on the spot.

You too ? I swear, mainly whilst alone, say if thinking about neighbours or the sort of sad little female politicians who want to make cigarettes illegal or stop small kids kissing because it's sexual harassment ( we have a lot of them in this country ); but I also use germanic-sounding noises... A sort of erzatz-deutsch without specific meanings...



Claverhouse :ph34r:

[Melody]

This reminds me that we are supposed to be the most powerful samurai of words. It also reminds me of Eminem. I love the bastard. Many people dismiss him as a retarded whiner, but I feel he is very intelligent. Maybe it "takes one to know one." It makes me curious what personality type he might be. If you have ever heard a song where he is truly angry (or any song of his for that matter,) you will notice that his words have a very sharp and powerful character, much like INTPs are said to have. He's probably not an INTP, but he might not be too far off.

I swear. I used to try not to. Now I do not see what my problem with it was. My favorite word is currently "cuntlips."

"Holy cuntlips, that is a great idea!" I exclaim to my professors. Not really. <_<

[Melody]

Oh yeah, Avengardh is not lying. You are not Mexican if you do not swear. I mean, we call eachother castrated bulls as a social intiator thingie.

"Hey, what's up, castrated bull?"
"Nothing, castrated bull. You get the documents yet?"

[ohnoaninfp]

Damnit! I don't fucking swear! :rofl: lol

[nobarcode]

I'm a Godamned foul-mouthed Fuckin' sailor with bad spelling and grammer for Fuck's sake.



Ahem.... :ph34r:

[HairlessBluetick]

I'm a Godamned foul-mouthed Fuckin' sailor with bad spelling and grammer for Fuck's sake.


Ditto.

[Spartan26]

I swear in my head or when I'm by myself. It's usually out of frustration, like when I'm feeling overwhelmed by the amount of work I have to do and something isn't going right, or watching sports and my team isn't doing well. :rant:

I hardly even use slang. My parents would correct me on that. Like saying to me, "It's 'whipped' not 'whopt.' You whipped his behind not whopt up on his behind." Strangely, my Dad never said anything about me swearing. I guess if the words were in the dictionary he'd be ok with them.

I think my reserved, dry nature has a lot to do with how I speak. People really look at me funny if I use slang or swear because I guess it doesn't seem like those words would come out of my mouth. I've even had people say something like, "Hey, that's too risque for you to say," or something like that. Not even devoted church people but they'd have this image of what I should be or act like.

Only when it's really obsessive or using God or Jesus as swear words does it bother me. I really hate all racial epitaphs. Those sound horrible to me. I think if you're not around people who swear much and you aren't hearing it much in like on TV or in music, you become more sensitive to it. Not sensitive as in offended but the swear words will stand out more. I bought this Mystikal cd at this discount booth down on Venice Beach, where they hock everything from socks & T-shirts to cooking utensils. Anyway, I found out why the thing was so cheap when I got home, it was the pg version where all the swear words had been blanked out. At first I felt a little ripped off but it really wasn't that bad. Then you see certain videos on MTV and the swear words have been lifted off of those as well. Then I was at a party where it was on and I was actually amazed at the barrage of swearing on some albums. Like the bars out here in LA are non-smoking. It was a little odd going in them when the law first passed but then you got used to it. I don't smoke but the lack of smoke made things seem too sterile. Last winter I was in a bar in Denver where there is no such law and ten minutes in my eyes took such a beating. I had no idea.

A couple of months ago I was doing a re-write on this urban actioner script. It was supposed to be real gritty. In my first draft I think I lifted half of the swear words in the first 60 pages alone. Not as a matter of being a prude but it really added more depth when characters were forced to express what was bothering them not just swear. Chris Rock will often mention the benefit of preforming on network TV or clean rooms because he'll have to work on a more creative way to get his point across and still get the laugh.

Being a 9w1, I hate to be around people swearing at each other but I have no qualms about someone venting about another person to me and really letting it fly. I know after I broke up with my last girlfriend, who really needed to work out issues from her still-too-recent divorce, and I was telling my buddy how draining it was, I couldn't stop swearing. I was so surprised. It wasn't even me calling her names either. It was more like "I'd do this and #*&%# look where it got me!" or "...and every time it was *&#(*$& and I couldn't do that without *%&#( going on. She is F'ing killing me!"

F'ing is just a great word on it's own. :devil:

I say "Aw for crying out loud" now mostly. Totally corny on paper but man after a few months of practice my delivery's perfect. Works just as well as anything I've said.

[Horger]

I can't control my language at all.

I'm an assistant Scoutmaster and I always curse in front of the kids. They usually don't give a fuck.

[Crazy]

I'm a fuckin Marine and have been for 6 years. It takes great effort for me to not curse in just a normal, calm conversation.

me: "Hey, look outside, it's fucking raining!"

person 2: "really"

me: "Fuckin A man, it's fuckin awesome. Come and look at this shit!"

[Poison Okra]

"Find that audio file somewhere "One of the most versitile words in the English language is the word 'fuck'." Whatever it is called. It goes on for several minutes detailing the various uses of the word "fuck". You would probably find it quite humourous."

(don't have quoting down quite yet)


I believe that is at www.funnyjunk.com

[Sam172]

I try not to as much as possible, and am often quite offended if people start swearing excessively near me.

The only times I swear are when i'm really pissed off, just before I go and hole myself up somewhere :)

[Hyperion]

Swearing or use of profanity is a learned behavior of children who just emulate the actions of adults who are of course predisposed to performing the same irrational behavior. It emphatically engrams to a primitive neural net that swearing is perfectly normal, acceptable and even desirable because the majority does it.

Being a human raised by other humans - I also swear when I'm in social situations where and when swearing is cool. In this case, it is being utilized as a convenient camouflage tool for a resourceful INTP chameleon to blend in with the crowd.

However I do not swear when I am in solitude where swearing does not have any purpose at all.

[Laeskis]

I swear consistently, but not generally during conversations with other people...unless I tune in to the fact that they don't care if I swear. When I'm thinking out loud or reprimanding myself for some reason or other I swear 'like a sailor' but mostly keep it to f*ck, damn, sh*t, bloody hell, or any combination of those.
I do not use words that relate to body parts, especially genitals...because it makes me nauseous, and it just comes across as nasty to say that kind of stuff.

[Google Monster]

I've learn to use words like poopie, D'oh, shucks, punk, monkey and other dumb words like that because I have alot of nephews around and a friend I visit has alot of kids too. But once in awhile I end up calling one of my nephews a little bastard which I didn't realize I was saying until my brother pointed it out. lol. But when around friends who swear I feel free to use them again.

[ohnoaninfp]

I heard that the word fuck was an abbreviation for Fornication Under Consent Of the King. Of course I don't know how true it is, but it is funny to think about.

[crule81]

Rebellion against Catholicism has resulted in a ton of Goddammits and Jesus Christs that color my speech. I'm sure I have offended the very religious crowd with these words at one time or another.

"Shitfuck" - Joe Schultz, manager, 1969 Seattle Pilots.

[Jkrs]

Random data point: Catholic swearing tends to gain intensity in the degree to which a holy thing is profaned, while protestant curses reference increasingly taboo bodily functions.

[Biff_Loman]

I am not Catholic, but I find that my curses tend to be religious in nature.

I swear whenever I feel like it, and I swear alone, too. A lot.

If I do use the f-word, I place great emphasis on the consonants. This results in a short, kinda loud, clipped syllable. I think this lets other people know that I'm not using it casually, but am in earnest.

I was raised with a Christian background, and there's something about profaning against religion that is inherently satisfying. I think I enjoy barking out "HELL!" the most, as a single expression of irritation. Other than that, "Mother of God" has the perfect combination of frustration, subtle awe at the depth of my own irritation, and stubborn resolve to rectify the situation.

As a child and young man, I invoked the name of Jesus Christ too many times in thoughtful prayer to use that particular moniker as a curse. "God damn it" works for me, and I make sure that the "n" in "damn" is somewhat audible, so that no one should think I might be using the casual epithet "goddammit." No, no: "God damn it." Subject, verb, object.

[SheepDog]

Why are they called 'curse' or 'swear' words, anyway?

I sprinkle these words into my speech for emphasis. When I'm mad, you'll probably hear quite a flow of words that people consider to be swear words. But I like to save them for special occasions. ;)

It seems to me like these words are all over movies, music, etc. but many people still treat them as somewhat sacred words. Why do people still make a big deal over it.

And while I'm asking, why do we allow adults to curse, but expect that children will not? Why the double standard?

[Boneca]

I don't mind swearing, as long as it is just a way to put emphasis on words, but I find sexual/racist swear-words disgusting.
Also, after living in Ireland, I have unconsciously added a lot of religious expressions to my swearing vocabulary, which is just silly. I find myself exclaiming "God" or "Jesus Christ" relatively often, even though I don't have a Christian background.

Actually, I find most common swear-words either stupid, too offensive or simply irrelevant. Maybe we should invent INTP-adapted curses? "Illogical!" perhaps?
And the insults...why call someone "fucking idiot" when you could call them "incompetent imbecile"?

[sowega]

Neither do I like to or here other people swearing; but I do from time to time swear deliberately to emphasize a point in a conversation.

[cathmc]

I used to swear profusely, then I started to feel like I was overusing cuss words into meaninglessness. If you say 'fucking god-damn hell' when you drop your pen, how do you escalate appropriately if, say, you break your leg?
So now I cuss more selectively, for emphasis.

[Shai Gar]

i dont swear, those of you who do are inferior

[Shai Gar]

If you say 'fucking god-damn hell' when you drop your pen, how do you escalate appropriately if, say, you break your leg?

like this:

FUCKING FUCK FUCK FUCK SHIT GODDAMN FUCKING FUCKING FUCK THIS FUCKING ARRRGGGGHHH FUCK GODDAMNED BLOODY FUCKING FUCKFUCK, SHIT, CUNT, MOTHERFUCKER, FUCKING FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK OWWWWWW FUCK FUCKING MOTHER FUCKER FUCKING GODDAMNED FUCKER!!!!!

[Shai Gar]

Maybe we should invent INTP-adapted curses? "Illogical!" perhaps?
And the insults...why call someone "fucking idiot" when you could call them "incompetent imbecile"?
Chaos, Disorder, ORGANS

however you are right, fucking idiot does not have the force or power of imcompetent imbecile does

[cathmc]

like this:

FUCKING FUCK FUCK FUCK SHIT GODDAMN FUCKING FUCKING FUCK THIS FUCKING ARRRGGGGHHH FUCK GODDAMNED BLOODY FUCKING FUCKFUCK, SHIT, CUNT, MOTHERFUCKER, FUCKING FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK OWWWWWW FUCK FUCKING MOTHER FUCKER FUCKING GODDAMNED FUCKER!!!!!
Ok, but MY LEG IS BROKEN, REMEMBER??? I need to cut that a little short and get on to 'where is the fucking hospital god damn it'?

[Shai Gar]

no you dont, your leg is broken you can take the time out to feel sorry for yourself and scream for a while, after all it is just pain, you can ignore it and have a bitch... then call 000

[kuranes]

I don't use racial curses, or call people "cunts", but I will use s,d, and f for emphasis. Or if I'm angry. Especially when driving, muttered under my breath or actually yelled, at other drivers. If I'm drinking, especially with someone who regularly curses, I will be more liberal with my sprinkles of cuss words.

As far as words like "fools", ha ha, I have some zingers. "Dolt" is a favorite. I think I picked it up from my teen days reading comic books - it was a word Magneto and Dr. Doom used when speaking to servile underlings who had blundered. My brother and I invented some of our own - y'know like they say about the Eskimos with different words for different kinds of snow. "Chug" used as a noun was one. Means kind of like "oaf".

"Anybody in Frankie's yet"?

"Nah. Just a couple chugs in the back listening to Pete Seeger on the juke."

[coffeezombie]

The only curse word I use a lot is "God damn it," even though I'm pretty much an atheist. I'll occasionally say "fuck," but only when I'm really mad. I don't use racist or sexist terms.

[Shadow]

These days I have a tendency to say hell and damn, but nothing beyond in public. I do say nastier words out loud driving (by myself, with the windows open!) about those slow ass 100 year old fuckers!

[illi]

Swearing is uncreative and overdone, I use really weird words most of the time, unless I'm particularily shitty. Like eggs, and frogs.

ehehe

What starts with F and ends in Uck?
Firetruck! Firetruck!

[Shai Gar]

I don't use racist or sexist terms.
PC at its worst

[Shai Gar]

I don't use racial curses, or call people "cunts"
really? i do.. everyone here should know i am not racist at all, or i am extremely racist and hate every race including my own, but that doesnt mean i will not absofuckinglutely plunder the english language for every word i can use to insult someone, or to curse randomly

[kuranes]

really? i do.. everyone here should know i am not racist at all, or i am extremely racist and hate every race including my own, but that doesnt mean i will not absofuckinglutely plunder the english language for every word i can use to insult someone, or to curse randomly


Tourette's?

[cwazyonyx]

flan2dave,

your avatar is creepy. i want to kill whatever that little thing is looking back at me.

it's annoying.

[cwazyonyx]

wow. i didn't even swear