Cursing?

I don't care if other people curse, but I don't. At least, very rarely. It does have the benefit that when I do, it makes a big impact on people.

 

I have gotten pretty bad about cussing. :/ My dad even told me once that I knew more cuss words than he did. Lol. I don't see any problem with it really but I try not to cuss around children or people I don't know well.

 

It doesn't bother me as long as it's not directed toward someone.

 

The off switch doesn't always work though.

 

I agree with most that as long as it's not directed at someone, I'll scarcely notice it. Personally, I almost never swear though. I just feel like it isn't really necessary. Also, for someone like myself who almost never does use that language around other people... when I do, it really grabs people's attention! Folks who use it all the time, it's like 'the boy who cried wolf'. I grew up hearing, "Profanity and vulgarity prove their are deficiencies in your vocabulary".

 

What the fuck is this shit.

I think that cussing is fucking a ok and bitches need to stop fucking hatin'.

I picked the first option in the poll by the way.

 

I like cunt as a word, and have used it several times in my writing (usually out of the mouth of a misogynist, though).

I don't understand why people get upset about "cunt". Why is it any different than "bitch" or "fuck" or any other swear?

I know some people are offended by the word "bitch" too (for feminist reasons), but I have always used it heavily and don't really see it that way.

"She's acting like such a bitch." "Stop bitching." "Why are you so bitchy today?" It's a really versatile curse word that means almost the exact same thing as "cunt", yet "cunt" is the most taboo curse word in the English language, while "bitch" has tons of colloquial uses.

I don't get why people get all shocked and shaken. It's just a word.

 

I'll usually restrict it to something bad (to keep its emphasis), but I'll be the first to admit that I'll use it when I'm joking around with my friends.

 

I don't curse a lot, only when I joke around with my friends.

 

I don't know, sometimes i kind of cringe when I hear people swear x3
But I think cursing should only be used --- not in public or anything... it just seems rude and not well-mannered :3 But if it's with someone you're comfortable with, go ahead

 

I cuss around friends/cousins. I'm more of a sailor mouth typing than saying actually. It's easy to type "yes I'd suck your dick" than it is to actually say it.

 

For me it's a register/style thing. In French, I address my professor with vous and my friends with tu. In Korean, formal verbs end in –니다, polite informal in –요, etc.

As for me, I generally don't curse in messages or in writing. I curse in chats, though, and I curse in person. I prefer the well-placed "f-bomb" to the shitzkrieg, though.

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I really like saying "buttload," like it's a form of measurement.

I think using swear words around friends is alright, but in a public setting it can easily send the message that it's okay to ridicule the groups that the words refer to. I just prefer to not use words like "retard," "bitch," and "faggot" because of the impact they can have. If a friend uses one of those around me and we're not in public, I usually don't mind because in that context I know what they mean and no one is around to get the wrong impression.

I was raised Catholic, and the one thing I never feel comfortable saying is G-- d---.

 

I have a phobia of cursing. NO CLUE WHY... I have never said a curse word in my life until I came out of the closet to a girl who was like "get over it" and I lost it. Before that, and since then, I have never said a curse word, and it bugs me because I can't. I don't even think its bad! Just can't do it. I hyperventilated the last time I almost slipped. I have strange quarks...... I don't care about hearing them, just can't say 'em.

 

I curse. A lot. xD

Videogames make me curse a lot.

Obviously certain things shouldn't be said in front of the elderly and children, and other people. Especially not directed at other people. (Unless they deserve it of course, like cunt drivers.)

But yeah, I curse a lot during videogames. To the point where I make an infinite number of cursewordcombos. Like "Mothercunt". xD

But yeah. I think it's just common sense when to curse and when not to.

 

For the longest time I haven't sworn in the house around my wife and kids (actually never) I don't like it when my wife swears or the kids.

But I think that is a result of the unconsious suppresion of my gayety. When I'm with my friends, I open up more and swear considerable and enjoy it. I've started to swear a bit more around the house, but its awkward and not used appropriately at all. Oh well.

 

God Damn It Mother Fucker Do I Sure Love Cursing!

 

I'm fine with it; free speech blah blah blah...

Though I think over use diminishes impact and makes them less powerful as a form of what is meant to be potent expression.