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  1. body slam

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    I cuss. Sometimes a lot and usually at work. I work with two people that don't cuss, but they do use a lot of heck, crap, dang it, screw you, and other substituted words. I curious is cussing actually using bad words or is it the meaning of the words being used?
     
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  2. Space Ghost

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    Its passable if its used as an emphasis. Its low brow if used as everyday vocabulary.

    Think of it as positive energy vs negative energy. Little difference between a person complaining all the time vs a person who is frequently dropping f bombs.
     
  3. heypartner

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    Only f*cking c*nts cuss at work.
     
  4. Xerobull

    Xerobull You son of a b!tch! I'm in!
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    **** is a beautiful word. It can mean almost anything.
     
  5. Os Trigonum

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    I used to work with people who spoke in asterisks.
     
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    I thought I read somewhere one who cusses is smarter than one who doesn’t.
     
  7. Jontro

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    substitution is lame. be a man and say the real word. cept for n. only blek can say n.
     
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  8. boomboom

    boomboom I GOT '99 PROBLEMS
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    This is as low brow as it gets...

     
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    I'm probably one of those types who uses the "substituted" words. Growing up I was told it was rude. My parents would get mad if I cussed at them and quite frankly, I don't appreciate when someone is saying to me, if things get heated. I don't so much mind it in passing/normal conversation. It is weird, because I listen to a lot of rap music, and have to pause when I'm rapping along with it.

    I think, like a lot of things, it can be offensive depending on tone or situation, and completely normal depending on the same things.
     
  10. K mf G

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    I cuss a lot. I use it in casual language and expressive language. I cuss at work and even with some of the bosses. It is intent and meaning that makes the word. I do not cuss much in front of my children nor my parents. Everyone else get the beautiful language.
     
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    i believe in freedom of speech.
     
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    Ziggy QUEEN ANON

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    SUPPOSEDLY - cussing in an office setting builds trust & rapport.

    Just read the room and never go FULL Boston.
     
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    says the man who says fapping instead of jerking off

    :p:p:p

    I keed, I keed.
     
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  14. rocketsjudoka

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    I very rarely cuss at work and generally try not to. I will say “heck” and “damn” but try to refrain saying anything saltier.

    I’ve picked up the Minnesota habit of of say “oh geez” a lot. It’s a habit I would like to try to break.
     
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    “Oh Geez” is cussing in Minnesotans minds
     
  16. rocketsjudoka

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    It’s not cussing it’s annoying and I even get annoyed at myself when I say it.
     
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  17. Xerobull

    Xerobull You son of a b!tch! I'm in!
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    It's an abbreviation of saying 'Jesus'.

    Just expand on it:

    Je-sus ****-ing Christ.
     
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    only curse when necessary...don't want to ruin the power of some of those words by using them all the time
     
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  20. Xerobull

    Xerobull You son of a b!tch! I'm in!
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    **** that noise
     

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