Removed because the F word was prevalent

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Lewkat said:
Why is it so necessary to use the F word as consistently as it is today?
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Lack of vocabulary. The online Oxford English Dictionary contains over 600,000 words & word-forms. English is considered one of the most word-rich languages in the world, with its extensive vocabulary resulting from significant historical influences from Latin and with its adoption of words from numerous other languages globally. When a word of exclamation, or frustration, escapes you ask Google.
 
CallMeKate said:
Oh. :giggle: Okay, since I don't like wandering around like a lost puppy, I looked into that because I wasn't familiar with the series. Declared one of the most profane TV shows ever. Won't be watching it here.
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I looked it up because I wasn't familiar with The Wire. It's on HBO cable, but the F word is not uncommon on cable. Actually, I don't think it carries the shock value that it did when I was in high school.
 
My late husband used the F-word all the time and it made me crazy. He used it so much that he didn’t even realize he was saying it until I would tell him to just be quiet.

My son’s father is a Nam vet and he never swore unless he was frustrated with a project he was working on.

IMHO people who have to use profanity on a regular basis are either insecure or lack education.
 
I never heard my father use ANY swear word. Never. When I was young (20-ish?), my husband was in college, my father had his own avionics business and during one winter break, hired my husband to work for him. One evening, when Hubs came home he said he had heard my father use the eff word. I didn't believe him. "My father never swears," I told him. No way.

One evening, when we were at my parents' house I privately told my mother what hubs had said. Her response was, "Yes, he does, but you'll never hear him say that." She used to say that when a person uses a swear word, it's because they aren't smart enough to think of a better word. I passed that on to my grandson since his mother and dad use the eff word in every sentence. Apparently, it is the rare word that can serve as a noun, verb, adverb, adjective and maybe even a participle. How convenient.

I will confess, though, that recent situations have had that word coming out of my mouth. I gotta stop that nonsense.
 
I was out with a group of friends last night and one of them asked me if I was seeing anyone special. I said $#@& NO! I don’t even know where that came from. I must feel stronger about it than I realized. Everyone laughed. They are all married except for one other single guy and he totally agreed with me - without the curse word though.
 
Over the weekend i was watching one of my favorite Netflix shows: You Can't Ask That. It is an Australian show, thought provoking, humorous and illustrates a lot of my basic beliefs about humanity. The episode was talking to kids ranging from about 8 or 9 to mid-teens. They came from various backgrounds including two farm/ranch kids who's main use for computers is for schooling. (As i understand it in the past HAM radios were used.)

When asked about using 'swear' words there was mix of embarrassment and joy. The most outspoken boy (maybe 10-11yrs) was thrilled to basically have permission from an adult and gleefully exclaimed the F word. Another child said 'shoot?' And the one next to her chuckled 'Wait, you consider that a swear word?' She explained it was 'What you say when you want to swear but know you shouldn't'.

Swearing is to some extent subjective, even tho we mostly seem to agree the F word is offensive. There have studies claiming people who swear are 'more honest', but i'd like to see the full report on their methodology and criteria. Often thought they thought admitting to cussing was indicator of honesty across the full range of human interactions.

My Dad felt any kind slur used to demean people (N word, kike, slut, bastard) was 'cussing' and the consequence for my sisters, which i learned from so did not use those words, was mouth washed out with soap.
To my Catholic grandmothers words like shit, hell, damn used as expletives were swearing. My paternal Irish g'ma i suspect confessed to her priest about every such lapse, including saying 'Christ' or 'Jesus, Joseph and Mary' in contexts where others might use ugly exclamations of anger. To my knowledge while my Hungarian g'ma called my Mom and aunts offensive names, she didn't other wise indulge in swearing.

What i'm trying to get at is offense can be in the ear of the listener as much as beauty in eye of beholder. Things seem mild to some may offend others and vice-versa, what might upset me may be acceptable to others. While i agree frequent profanity can show a lack of language skills i'm not generally upset when hear or read such words. But i understand if someone is, and avoids shows or people who use them frequently.
 
Language is like clothing. We make sounds that others have imbued with meaning…it is the others who are offended…usually not ourselves. We are all born naked…but breast feed in public and see how that plays out…
 
I live alone and when I'm by myself there's usually a continuous monologue going on in my head. I'm afraid that the F word plays a part in my private, me-only vocabulary. However, whenever I'm in any social setting, I seem to have a built-in censor that deletes profane words before they even occur to me to speak out loud........except in some case of extremity, like if I witness a wreck in street traffic or something.
I'm in agreement with some previous sentiments on this thread that frequent swearing probably indicates a poor grasp of vocabulary.
Also I think that regularly using profane words reduces one's ability to clearly articulate one's thoughts and opinions.
 
@Bretrick. I have no clue what you may have posted, but is there a reason you didn't just substituting another word??? You certainly have the talent to do so.

The "F" word hasn't meant anything to me since I was in 4th grade and we all stood around looking at the school building someone had spray painted it on the side of. Now, to me, it's sort of like doch, in German.
 
Repondering said:
I live alone and when I'm by myself there's usually a continuous monologue going on in my head. I'm afraid that the F word plays a part in my private, me-only vocabulary. However, whenever I'm in any social setting, I seem to have a built-in censor that deletes profane words before they even occur to me to speak out loud........except in some case of extremity, like if I witness a wreck in street traffic or something.
I'm in agreement with some previous sentiments on this thread that frequent swearing probably indicates a poor grasp of vocabulary.
Also I think that regularly using profane words reduces one's ability to clearly articulate one's thoughts and opinions.
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While i was never easily offended by profanity, I rarely used it even at home till the last few years. Minor injuries that used to just warrant a meaningless sound (groan, scream) more often get a string of it now. Certain types of news whether read or viewed can also elicit such words from me.
 
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Flarbalard said:
@Bretrick. I have no clue what you may have posted, but is there a reason you didn't just substituting another word??? You certainly have the talent to do so.

The "F" word hasn't meant anything to me since I was in 4th grade and we all stood around looking at the school building someone had spray painted it on the side of. Now, to me, it's sort of like doch, in German.
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What I originally posted was 3 1/2 minutes of the script from series 4 of The Wire.
The F word was 95% of the script. Used at least 40? times.
The original post ended up being **** ******* ******, ....
So no actual text was present. The algorithm removed the word.
 

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