Do you use hateful names?

I suppose I could adopt the generic 'smeg' to add colour to my chit chat, as in smeg! smeg me! smeghead and smeg for brains but that would require either too much concentration or a lot of practice.
 
If you mean do I curse the answer is yes,yes,yes. Of course I would never curse in front of a child or someone I feel would get upset. I'd have to wait until the person that annoyed me was just with me and no one else around.:what::what:
 
The F bomb still offends me although I try to hide it depending on the situation. My pet favorite is douche bag...an antiquated feminine hygiene device. Works for any variety of situations in describing someone in a sorry state. But except being cut off in traffic or teaching child how to drive...I rarely use vulgarity.
 
Hopefully I never run into situations where this becomes necessary --- but when all else has failed , I do not hesitate to use the appropriate descriptive language to get my point across.
 
I hate labels and I don't like hearing other people use them either. I doubt a day goes by I don't hear someone referring to someone by a derogatory name. I live in a multicultural area and I find a lot of people like to refer to others by some "label" other than a nice one. As far as being angry at someone, I don't hesitate to say what I think or how they make me feel, but I very seldom call them a bad name. I am more apt to say something I shouldn't if I fall down, see that the last piece of pie in the refrigerator is gone or lose my glasses. My new goal for 2016 is to not say the F word, or even the S word, when one of my knees go out and I fall or almost fall.
 
It was funny though...I'm still in the process of teaching younger son to drive. I am paranoid when I am behind the wheel okay. Cars are big scary machines, easier than hoofing several miles, but can easily be wrapped around a tree...before the gas tank explodes. Nobody else to teach him however so I am really trying to keep the fear to myself.

And really he's doing very well. Until his bravery veers into cocky. More than once he's said " Woah, I don't think you ever said that word before". My dear boy, as a Mom no, when I was YOUR age you would NOT believe.
 
I don't call people names to their faces or within earshot. HOWEVER, in my car with my windows up, I exercise my vocabulary as needed -- like the other day when some guy with his nose in his cell phone stepped off the curb right in front of me and I had to stop so abruptly it threw everything in the car on the floor -- my drink, my purse, my groceries, everything that wasn't belted in -- and it scared me to death. The air in my car got VERY blue and I called him everything I could think of. Better than busting a blood vessel, I figure.
 
In my head do I call people names?? Have you ever driven in Massachusetts? GRRR. Of course I have. :devilish:
 
This is a really old thread, but anyway, I am not a perfect person, although I tell my wife differently, but like others, I may say things to myself that would be offensive to others. I can't remember the last time that I said to someone's face that they were an idiot, moron, clown, etc. I always think about how I would feel if someone insulted me using those words, so I am good at backing off or walking away before the conversation reaches that point. Believe me, in the business that I retired from, I have met many people that would fit an unattractive pseudonym.
 
SeaBreeze said:
Some advice here Drifter. Don't sell yourself short, many others aren't as smart as you think, or as they appear. Learning from books doesn't mean everything in this life, it's your journey and experiences...or street smarts that make the difference. Sometimes people with the biggest egos, are worth the least.

I'm not very knowledgeable about a lot of things, many things go right over my head. But I don't fret about it, or put myself down...I know about the things that are important to me, that's all that matters.

It's good that you don't name call at all, and I bet that you know a lot of things that can't be learned from books, you're likely a very kind person that's worthy of as much admiration and love as any of us. You are definitely not at the low end of everything, shake off that description, you're not worthy of it! :love_heart:
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I agree, Drifter. "Every person you will ever meet knows something that you don't". I'm sure you know plenty of things about which I would not have a clue. The fact that you know what you don't know puts you ahead of at least 50% of the people on the planet.
 
Wow, Drifter I am surprised you feel that way. In my humble opinion, you are a very kind, compassionate, thoughtful man. Many of your posts have expressed wisdom on a variety of subjects. I don't understand how you could be perceived as

anything but intelligent and knowledgable. Sometimes, in my experience, university got in the way of my education. Even studying a people science, the atmosphere could be far too rarefied to fit in with the gritty realities of working in the trenches.

Ultimately, my clients, vets or otherwise, taught, and continue to teach me far more than books and professors ever did.
 
I used to flip the bird and cuss loudly in my car but after a number of run ins with people I hold my tongue and only say things under my breath now.
 
Sooo, turbans = Isis fighters = ragheads? Wow, this is beyond derogatory. I am certain my Sikh friends might have something to say about that prejudicial remark. Also my Muslim friends. As a matter of fact, I own a beautiful silk turban myself. I wear it

with a matching dress. So sad that in the twenty first century this type of profiling still goes on. I am deeply offended to find such remarks posted on this forum.
 

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