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(55,004 posts)swearing and cussing are fucking rude. don't be an asshole and knock that shit off!
ohiosmith
(24,262 posts)petronius
(26,598 posts)Well lah di dah, look at Mr. Genteel H. T. Aristocrat over there...
ohiosmith
(24,262 posts)applegrove
(118,501 posts)the most unassertive person for a long time. Instead of doing the emotional work of growing up, I swore. I guess I was 'faking it till you make it'. Then I did start to grow and I stopped saying f***.
ohiosmith
(24,262 posts)Iggo
(47,536 posts)ohiosmith
(24,262 posts)Iggo
(47,536 posts)Like me, I guess!
cliffordu
(30,994 posts)ohiosmith
(24,262 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,531 posts)Fucking right I swear!
I'm making up for all the years when I didn't!
ohiosmith
(24,262 posts)Lady Freedom Returns
(14,120 posts)ohiosmith
(24,262 posts)HeiressofBickworth
(2,682 posts)I figure there are two kinds of cussers. One does it without thinking, without meaning and as just another word in his/her vocabulary. The other does it for effect. I'm one of the latter ones. I'm a 66 year old grandmother, former corporate paralegal. When I say "fuck" I do it for dramatic effect. If one uses the word fuck too often, it loses the punch.
Now the word "shit" has less effect, and I suppose can therefore be used more liberally. So I do. Sometimes in front of other people, some times just for the benefit of the cats.
Since I'm an atheist, the word "hell" has absolutely no meaning for me whatsoever. I can't use it for effect and haven't managed to get it into my daily vocabulary.
All that being said, I simply, definitely and most profoundly will not say the "C" word and I admonish my granddaughter when she says it. I also don't like hearing words that refer to the female anatomy in a negative manner.
So, sit the fuck up you pussy-shit dick suckers and quit that fucking swearing when you're around the Heiress of Bickworth.
ohiosmith
(24,262 posts)dimbear
(6,271 posts)Lasher
(27,541 posts)the ones who can count, and those who can't.
blueamy66
(6,795 posts)nt
ohiosmith
(24,262 posts)UnrepentantLiberal
(11,700 posts)If you can't act fucking civil then just shut the fuck up.
ohiosmith
(24,262 posts)UnrepentantLiberal
(11,700 posts)Whisp
(24,096 posts)Very little irl. Most swearing was when I was watching CNN but I quit them
UnrepentantLiberal
(11,700 posts)nadine_mn
(3,702 posts)I swear more than I should - mostly I just sprinkle it around sentences for flavor.
Yeah, shit is a flavor.
ohiosmith
(24,262 posts)hobbit709
(41,694 posts)she used them more often than I did.
Arkansas Granny
(31,507 posts)blueamy66
(6,795 posts)I am my Daddy's daughter....I will never, ever change.
ohiosmith
(24,262 posts)blueamy66
(6,795 posts)I must say fuck at least 30 times every morning when I open my 100 e-mails at work.
Arkansas Granny
(31,507 posts)Although I try to keep it under my breath at work and around the grandkids. I've been told that the first time one of the babies says "SHIT!" that they will come looking for me and I don't want to eat no damned soap.
ohiosmith
(24,262 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,507 posts)HappyMe
(20,277 posts)Just fucking cut that shit out.
UnrepentantLiberal
(11,700 posts)Now you've traumatized the little bastards.
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)Their screaming little asses traumatized the fuck out of me at the Olive Garden.
The noise was un-fucking-bearable!
nolabear
(41,936 posts)HappyMe
(20,277 posts)post. I was kidding.
Neoma
(10,039 posts)The doctor wrote down that I swore in my medical record.
UnrepentantLiberal
(11,700 posts)Noodleboy13
(422 posts)What other profession allows you to say things like "Steve, if you ask me one more fucking time if there is gluten in the motherfucking dirty rice entree, I will drag your ass to the walk-in and fuckstart your head."
btw, this got a pretty huge laugh out of the aforementioned Steve.
peace,
Noodleboy
ohiosmith
(24,262 posts)bigwillq
(72,790 posts)My sister never swears. I find that oddly fascinating!
Bruce Wayne
(692 posts)But ya know, a fella gets busy... and we all have to move on sometimes.
Lately I've been refurbishing this sweet vintage Alfa Romeo I bought from my friend, Lex. Once I get 'er humming again, I'll try and get back to that whole justice bringing thing. Or I might pick up gardening.
Initech
(100,043 posts)Manifestor_of_Light
(21,046 posts)Learn to cuss in furrin languages. It's fun!!
For example: I do not say "son of a whore".
I say "Hijo de puta" (Spanish) or "Figlio da putana" (Italian). More fun.
And take lessons from the fan-fucking-tabulous Lewis Black. He is the successor to George Carlin.
Initech
(100,043 posts)Pandejo = asshole
Cabron = douchebag
Apurate mas rapido = lazy motherfucker (in certain context)
Puta = bitch
That's just off the top of my head.
Behind the Aegis
(53,921 posts)I can string together a list of profanity so long I could hog-tie you and still have enough rope to whip your ass.
polly7
(20,582 posts)Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)Highway61
(2,568 posts)when I am in Jersey (where I work) I tend to curse way too often. When I go home to Maine...not so much. I wonder why that is...
Doc Holliday
(719 posts)This is still America, motherfuckers. Freedom of fuckin' speech, baby!
You don't like it? Too fuckin' bad. In the words of my namesake, "Y'all can kiss my rebel dick."
Doc Holliday
(719 posts)Those silly assholes who don't know how to cuss without sounding like fucking idiots.
Get a clue, cocksnot-- if you're going to cuss, do it in a properly constructed sentence. The fucking English language is taking enough of an ass-pounding from all the right-wing fucksticks who mangle words and definitions. We don't need more dumbasses who think that "shitfuck" is a cuss word.
MiddleFingerMom
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Probably less than I do here.
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It's not constant... but often enough that people realize that the words are a part of my
regular vocabulary -- almost always used for emphasis. I HATE the people who -- in fucking
PUBLIC -- seem totally unaware that pretty literally every other word (no kiddin') out of their
mouths is either "fuck" or "shit". And it's unconscious -- kind of a modern trashy "um" or
"you know" structure.
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I have to listen to (alleged) parents talk like that in front of their young impressionable
children (and I BET they chastise the kids for talking like that).
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They are the Jerry Springer/reality show generation.
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I'm surprised there's not more shirt-ripping going on around me.
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Well, maybe surprised is the wrong word. How about disappointed.
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And my fairly socially conservative Midwest upbringing shows up now and then
(usually causing chuckles and/or raised eyebrows) when I come out with a
truly heartfelt GOSH now and then.
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RebelOne
(30,947 posts)But us oldsters can get away wih it.
RedCloud
(9,230 posts)femmocrat
(28,394 posts)Since I'm usually so meek and shy (HA!), I know you will all find that somewhat of a shock.
rrneck
(17,671 posts)libodem
(19,288 posts)Like a sailor. %$&$* ??&%@! Blue streak.