Do you have a profanity problem? I know that I do. Last night, as I swung a softball bat for the first time in 8 months (with pain in my arms, but not too much), I got really frustrated with myself. I got the pitch I wanted and hit a good shot back at the middle, but unfortunately it was right to the pitcher. If I had been able to take some batting practice before the game like when I was off work last week, I may have had the timing that I needed and could have gotten that ball to go off to the side of the pitcher and into center field for a base hit. However, I instead found myself trotting down the line for an easy out. Being the competitive person that I am, I yelled out "F*ck!" Well, of course, some guys on the team were none too pleased with me for saying this, and I don't blame them. That's when I realized that I do have maybe a serious problem with profanity. It's like half the time, I don't even think twice about letting an f-bomb drop, especially when I get upset (mainly at myself). ****? That's a word that has been a staple of my vocabulary for quite some time. However, son of a b*tch and god**m are two profanities that I try very hard NOT to say. I don't even like to hear other people say those words. I really don't know why this has become a problem for me, but it has. Anyone else have this problem? Anyone have any ideas on how to stop cussing a blue streak like a sailor?
f!ck ya both postive and negative comments "What a f!cking shot" "That ****'s just not right" "Call the f!cking foul" my friends have to remind me to watch my language with kids are sitting nearby. It still f1cking slips out. How about this? which one is most satisfying to say for you. god.dammit is pretty satisfying, because of the 3 syllables that you get to use. Then you have "f1ck" and "****" which have 1001 pronunciations for any occassion, and can be used as Noun, adjective, and solo exlamation. tough call.
I enjoy it when god damns things for me, but I'll occasionally get f*cked too! I also enjoy **** alot, but I mostly prefer god damning things for me.
People who cuss in public deserve no mercy. I can't stand being around friends who will let the expletives fly like noone else is around. It makes them sound immature. Case in point...I'm at an Astros game several years back and one of my friends is cursing whenever he talks and thinks he's being so cool. That is...until the family's Dad a few rows behind us stands up and completely lets him have it verbally berating him. He didn't say much after that . He deserved it to. There is a time and a place for everything. You want to cuss...don't expect other people to enjoy listening to it. It could also be interpreted as poor sportsmanship on your part. Go beat the hell out of your water bottle if you want to let off some steam. Or, next time...do what Caminiti used to do...break the bat over your knee. Then you'll have a bruised knee and a pulled shoulder muscle .....and for what?
my problem is having conversation with my buddy during the game. You have to be sitting right next to us to even hear it. I agree; yelling the expletives is uncool.
My problem...big time. At a game or when things get competitive my control gets lost at Longhorn games. I'm so use to sitting in the student section where anything goes. Now I'm with the general public. I've caught myself a couple of times where I've been able to cut it to Make' em eat poop, but I've let way too many by.
I dont know who said this but I think it applies here, People who swear only do so because they lack the knowledge/smarts to use a word that adequetly describes their feelings. after hearing this I really toned down my swearing, I am to the point now where I rarely swear, That really impresses the ladys
Being a Christian, I've always been very careful not to use the Lord's name in vain, thus I can honestly say that I have never used GD as an expletive. However, I'm not so strong when it comes to other swear words. There's one that I particularly like that I picked up while reading <i>Trainspotting</i> by Irving Welsh, and that is "dammit to f**k". It meets that multi-syllable criteria you spoke about.
I most definitely have "potty mouth syndrome", but my sister is even worse. Her mouth is so bad, that when we were growing up, my Dad used to call her "toilet teeth".
I rarely cuss out among big crowds in public places, at least to where I want everyone to hear. Even if I'm with my friends and we're surrounded by a lot of people, it's just habit for me to watch my language. When I'm just with a group of friends, though, my language takes more of a downturn. Videogames are a good example where all good manners disappear. Then, of course, to myself, it's no holds barred.
Manny - Quit Ya' Horsesh!t. I swear only when Im out with my friends, I don't really swear in front of people. Of course some of you remember a certain thread after a certain football game where I said some certain words... **** TOM BRADY, **** THE SNOW, **** THE REFS, **** ADAM VINITIERI, **** THE ******* PIECE OF **** ***HOLE WHO WROTE THE NFL RULEBOOK!!!!!!!! All these and more will be available on the album.
I don't buy that. Cuss words can have a lot of depth to them if you use them right. Sometimes, nothing can express what you mean to say -- especially emotively -- than a good cuss word. They may indicate things about you and what you think that are offensive or embarassing, but it doesn't mean it isn't an accurate reflection. More often, I think, it is the emotion that generates the cussword that needs to be curbed, not its expression. My own cussing has gone down considerably as I get older and calmer. I do always enjoy cussing though when the mood strikes me.
As I have gotten older I`ve gotten better although they still spew out every once in awhile. On the occasion that I let a GD come out, I feel the need to follow it up with an "I`m sorry Lord, please forgive me"
i used to NEVER swear til like about when i started college. really wierd then all of a sudden i started. i think it makes me swear more now cuz i have more built up in me but now i can control it well. i swear alot for fun with friends, just f***ing around, ya know, but when im around parents or in public, i can control it very well. i would never swear in front of my parents! im not talking AT them (i would be dead then), im just saying ANY swear word where they can hear it no matter who its directed to. where im the worst is playing basketball. then ill start swearing out of anger if i miss a shot or mess up or whatever. fortunately so does everyone else (or no one complains about it..stuff like that).
There are only two times when I can't control my cussing --- Driving Playing ball other than those two situations I'm pretty good at it. My wife, a schoolteacher, is terrible at it. I don't believe she has let anything terribly bad slip out with students around(though awfully close), but her coworkers, eh, different story. I used to have bad problems with speech when I was a teenager. Used to say "like", "dude" and use the expression "that's gay" all the time. Now I say like occasionally, and dude when I'm trying to be funny, but never use gay as an insult after realizing how stupid I sounded. It was hard but well worth it to strip that ****ing **** from my convos.
I noticed back in highschool (last year), that I cussed all the time when I was either competing, frustrated, stressed out, or talking with my friends. Basically all the time. I just decided to try and replace those words with slightly less offensive ones. Instead of saying Sh*t!, I say crap. I can say it alone, or make it into phrases "aww crap!" "holly crap!" When I want to say "bullsh*t," I just extend the "bull" so I end up saying "buuullll." That way, I will run out of breath before I say sh*t. As for the F-bomb, It's a dirty word, but hard for me to drop. I don't think it means the same thing when you say in the context of "Fu**ing awsome" or "that fu**ing sucks." Honestly though, you shouldn't worry about cursing too much, it's only a bad word if you purposely express it that way. If all else fails, just go the Snoop Dogg way and add a new syllable to the words. -Shiznit or (shizel my nizel) Fizuck, Biaaatch.
In a round-about-way you are agree with what I wrote. Just replace "feelings" with "emotions" People who swear only do so because they lack the knowledge/smarts to use a word that adequetly describes their feelings<-----put emotions here. Its a persons inability to communicate their feelings or emotions which results in them cussing, there are a lot of words that can express how people feel better than the f-bomb, but in many cases people dont know them so they fall back on what they do know. My father in law speaks a few languages and he made up a word to express his emotions, It something like u-ga-ma-hila, it sounds funny but it works for him. but it also could be put in the same context as a cuss word, its just no offensive to some that hear it. I will have to take your word for it on the "depth" of cuss words, when I use them there is not much depth behind them
But, I'm saying just the opposite: that, even with an infinite vocabulary, sometimes the most expressive word is the cuss word. A cuss word's status as a cuss word gives it a unique dimension (I'd guess, passion). That dimension can only be had through cussing. Am I to believe that a person who doesn't cuss also does not experience the emotive underpinnings of cussing? Or is he just hiding it? I may go so far to say that one should be wary of those who will categorically not cuss. I think it reflects an untrusting (and thus untrustworthy) character.
