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John Byrne
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I cuss more than I should, and I always feel I have failed in some small way when I do.
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Eric Ladd
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The F word, most versatile in meaning and by far the best word in the English language, is like a rare spice. Learning how and when to use it along with what it conveys when used exhibits a certain expertise. Use it too much and your message will become unpalatable and too little or never makes one seem bland. I think swearing is a vital part of language and communication.
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Wallace Sellars
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Is "Balderdash!" considered a profane exclamation?
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 22 September 2019 at 7:00am | IP Logged | 4
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Is "Balderdash!" considered a profane exclamation?•• I'll bet is was at some point! I think of the ease with which we now use "hell" and "damn", which even as recently as my own childhood were considered "rough talk" and unfit for "mixed company". (I'm reminded of the mid Seventies, about the time I was getting into The Biz, when the Comics Code handed down an edict against "freaking" as a curse. Seems they'd figured out what it was standing in for!)
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Doug Centers
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Talking about cuss words, for whatever reason instead of saying "horse sh*t", I will opt for the more syllabic "horse manure". Yet I will not do the same for "bull sh*t". Curious.
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Jonathan A. Dowdell
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I grew up in a house where my mom was okay with cursing as long as your use of the words was grammatically correct.
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Robert Bradley
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I swear quite a bit more than I should.
But I don't think the problem is the actual swearing, it's the emotion that causes the swearing that is the root of the problem. I feel like I would swear less if I controlled my temper better. (I'm also of the belief that a substitute for a curse word really isn't much better, simply because there's still the same anger behind it)
And yes, the "c-word" had definitely replaced the "f-word" as the one most likely to draw people's scorn.
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John Byrne
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Apparently starting in England (as near as I can tell) the C-word came out into the daylight about a decade ago, and has become common parlance. I hear it in movies much more than I care to.I noticed that the Brits were using it without regard to gender. (Old joke: What's a four letter word for a woman ending in UNT? AUNT.)
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James Woodcock
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I try not to swear - I used to swear a lot.
What I find curious is when different words have different power in different locations.
I would never use the C word, but I got really chided when I used twat in Canada. Worse than the C word there, nearly registers in the UK
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Kevin Brown
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I definitely swear a lot. It's who I am. Though I try to be aware of my surroundings when in mixed company and when kids are around and I try not to swear. Usually with success.
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Brian Floyd
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Do I swear?
None of your goddamn fucking business. :)
Lets just say my favorite swear word is the same as Samuel L. Jackson, but I do use the f-word and variations. I only use gd or varations if I'm really mad.
Try not to online, because most of the forums I visit are family-friendly. There's only one I do at, because most of the people there do, too.
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Brian Miller
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I just heard Gordon Ramsay say “bollocks” so I assume that’s a swear.
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