46and2 said:What is your favorite curse word when your angry?
maverick83 said:I've always been annoyed by the fact that the use of certain words is deemed "inappropriate". Why exactly are these words "bad"? Just because long ago, someone decided that they were? That is not a good enough reason for me. Until I am presented with what I consider to be a sensible reason to avoid using these words, they will remain a part of my regular vocabulary. Any who give me a problem for it will get a clear view of my favorite finger.
Flatfoot said:
I used to wonder the same thing, myself. Then, it was explained to me by an English teacher that most of the four-letter expletives/obscenities are derived from the primitive Germanic tribes. That's why they're all short, terse, one-syllable, and hard-sounding. I guess they're considered obscene, because they make one sound as classy as a brutish barbarian. Other than that, there's nothing else that I know of that makes them inappropriate words. If you follow Christianity, some may argue that the 2nd Commandmant prohibits these words, but the 2nd Commandmant says you cannot take the Lord's name in vain, meaning you shouldn't shout GD, or JC in anger. I haven't found anything in the Bible about four-letter, one-syllable obscenities, though. If anyone knows of a passage, please tell me, so I can research it and attempt to clean up my act.
milagros317 said:One needn't use four-letter explitives to convey disapproval. I am rather fond of the following, which I have refrained from using on TMF until now:
You are the offspring of seven generations of syphillitic prostitutes, each of whom was too drunk to recognize her own brother.
TicklingDuo said:I swear entirely too much, and don't have a favorite. I really should take a cue from Bill Cosby, and start using words like "Filth" and "Foul"
Drew😉
"Dad is great, give us chocolate cake"
omega said:
My reply to maverick83: How can you be so uncaring about people that you would purposely swear around them just to make them uncomfortable?
TicklingDuo said:DAMNNIT TTD, Watch your F#*king language!
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Drew😉

JoBelle said:I generally reserve curse words for when I'm REALLLLLY angry. Even then I limit myself to a couple of well placed naughties, and go on about my business.
HOWEVER, there is a reason for this. I worked my way through college working in casinos, wherein the most loved word of every employee from the shift manager on down is Fuck. Yep. Every other word. EVEN when you're happy! It's not even considered a bad word! It was all well and fine for a while for me to have the mouth of a drunken sailor.BUT.......then my kid knocked the iroing board over when he was three years old and said, much to the delight of allllll of his grand-parents and great-grandparents, "Shit, damn iron." *GAH!* That's enough REASON for me to curb the language! My daddy looked at me and said, "Well, at least he used it in the right context." Oh the shame. My dad had never even heard ME say those words! LOL Still hasn't either! 😛
My favorite phrase at the moment is "Son-of-a-pitch-me-out-the-window." Something my grandmother used to say! 😀
Joby
omega said:
Here is one reference:
But now you must rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. Col. 3:8 (NIV)
I agree that the 2nd commandment has nothing to do with what we would call curse words. It does concern the use of God's name in the way we speak as well as in the taking of oaths.
Any other words we would consider "curse" words can be determined by culture. I am reminded of talking with a Latino pastor from California who was born and raised in Honduras. He moved to California and started to do some ministry with some churches in Northern Mexico. After awhile of working with the churches in Mexico they asked him to stop using a certain word. He was amazed, he did not know that it was considered obscene. In Honduras the exact same word is used every day by everyone and nobody considers it improper at all. Out of care and respect for the people in Mexico he has stopped using that word.