Do You Curse??
 

Not judging....just wondering if your everyday language includes some 4-letter words. :o :p :D

worked as a prison nurse for more than 20 years, and an inner city parmedic for just as many. I was the Capitol city police medic squad, so....I was quite the potty mouth for years. I can cuss in about 5 languages. It was a survival technique because most of the time when you say "sweetie, come sit here and talk to me." most inmates or drug dealers dont hear you. "Get you **** over here NOW dumb **** and sit down and STFU" is much more effective.

Funny when I stopped working I went back to my normal speech patterns. When I was off duty I wasnt a potty mouth either. it was like a job tool. Just as handy as my flash light was.

My sister on the other hand, WOW! I cant believe she kisses her kids with that mouth. WOO! she can blister the paint off the walls. I spoke to my ex's wife a few months ago and it was Fing this and Fing that. it just sounded so trashy and out of place. Of course I hate my ex, so he deserves this gutter mouthed trout. HA!

I try very hard not to but sometimes I slip and use an inappropriate word -- but it's usually not that bad of a word. If I let one slip in front of my daughter, she slaps my hand! :Oops: :eek: Smart kid!

If my daughter is not around and I'm not in public, I tend to slip a bit more. :Blush2:

It's funny, it often has a lot to do with who I've been hanging with or talking to lately. I had a friend for a short time and heard myself swearing a lot more, which is really not my style. Easily influenced, I suppose, but as soon as that ended, the cussing calmed back down. Most of the time, it doesn't happen with me, but when it does happen, it's usually when I'm kidding and do it to be a jerk for the laugh.

Funniest thing with me is, I hear myself say "carp!" when something makes me mad. I blame all of you for this.:rolleyes::D

Rarely, but it happens. No four letter words here though. When I was a kid, between about 11-13, some of my friends and I went through a phase of telling dirty jokes and cussing like sailors when we were alone. :yikes:(I was a tomboy.) But I outgrew it.

My Mom loathed swearing and she'd speak up about it so I think I have some of her feelings about it. Once when she was visiting, before she got Alzheimer's, DH rented a movie for us to watch, "Goodfellas". :eek: :eek: :eek: She was not amused and didn't feel comfortable watching it so we went elsewhere in the house while DH watched it. :o

Occasionally, I let it slip.....on purpose :p
When I am mad or angry.

I chose both.

Usually I don't swear....much, but it does happen.

I'm not really much of a "cusser" as my Dad used to say. I agree w/AMN in that, I have one friend who tends to "let it fly" and when I'm around her, I have to be careful not to follow suit.

My fave word is AMN's famous word~~ CARP! I say it all the time and the first time I used it, DH looked at me so funny. He's used to it now.

(I have to admit tho, that if I do swear, I'm usually really, really MAD/furious).

What the **** kind of *** **** poll is this? Of all the *** **** **** things. LOL.

I generally don't curse. When I get upset a few milder ones slip out.

I'll confess. I use curse words a lot at home. LOL, hubby's family is like that so kind of gotten used to it.

In regular conversation with other people, I curb it. My family's biggest curse word was "sugar" so definitely learned not to do so around others. :D

I cuss like a sailor. It must be the years spent hanging with all those soldiers. Haha. I do try to curb the cussing but it really depends who I am with or where I am. I am conscious of when I cuss and that's good. There was a time I didn't pay attention to it. :rolleyes:

Now, I do have some board buds I talk to and when we get on the phone it all hangs out. You know who you are! Lmao (BTW, is Lmao a cuss word if we are not saying it out loud?) :p

Jim and I are trying to curb it more recently. But I want to know one thing. Who justifies what is a swear word? Who sat down and said these are the BAD words? Who's to say banana isn't a cuss word somewhere? LOL :D

In a regular conversation, I do not cuss.

Now... lol If I get angry, I may. Usually it is when I hurt myself.
The other day I did something really stupid. I took a casserole dish out of the oven with pot holders. I sat it on the stove. Then I sat the pot holders down and picked up the casserole dish with my hands.

DUH!! It was extremely hot. I cussed like a sailor. My hubby even commented on my potty mouth. I told him to pick up the casserole dish with his bare hands and see if he didnt cuss.

When I am constantly dropping things and get frustrated, I will say a 4 letter word here or there.

Shame on me

DAY

yep I have a potty mouth every once in awhile but only when I am P*****off!

Normally I am pure as the driven snow:cool:

Dang I accidentally typed only when alone and I meant like a farkin sailor arghhh! LOL yall should hear mine and sandy and jim's phone conversations, not enough soap people!

And she ain't a whistlin' $%%#ng dixie either! :p Especially recently! lol

LOL...ya'll are too funny!

I don't curse in everyday conversation or when I'm talking to people I don't know well. But let me do something that hurts - like walk into a wall or pickup something hot - well, stand back!!

My DH was a Union Rep for GM for years so you can just imagine the conversations I overheard. :eek:

My oldest son was having a phone conversation with one of his police buddies the other day and I overheard it......whoa momma! Did I just hear those words comin' out of my babies mouth??!! Well...he is 25 so I guess it's time to back away... :o:p

I don't get offended easily (good thing!!) and they're just words after all.

One thing I do not do is take the Lord's name in vain. And I don't like to hear others do it either. If I heard one of my boys doing it I would say something...and they know it.

Like Sandy said....who decided which words are swear words? Did they have these same words back when my parents were young? I just cannot picture either of my parents dropping the "f-bomb"!!! :o

Amen. I won't sit still for that either, ever. There was a guy in my office who said "J.C." about everything, even if he had to tie his shoe. I started asking him rather loudly if he was leading us all in prayer and he had his own, private miracle! He quit doing it (at least in earshot of me).

Kelly, if you google "swearing etymology" you'll find dozens of theories, acronyms, and legends. No one seems to really know why certain letter combinations become taboo.

Another Sailor here, although I don't use the Lord's name in vain, unless, in a moment of weakness, it slips out..:o My Dear old Irish Gandmother would slip and say "JC" and then quickly follow it up with, "and that's a prayer"..:D

I didn't look, but are curse words in the Dictionary?? Or maybe the Thesaurus would be a better place.:p

Have to admit cuss like a sailor.

Not at work for sure though. But, ironically that is where I would like to most! (I'm in customer service type work)

Believe it or not but I am the only one (so far) that voted the first choice. I have a friend I have known for about 8 years and she finally asked me one day " why don't you ever swear?" I told her I just don't. I am not a fan of expletives.

One of my biggest pet peaves is the word "friggen" why ever use that word?? it makes the user sound ignorant in my opinion.

" I hate this friggen thing" OR "I hate this thing" which sounds better? I mean come on....

I even went so far as to place a bet with my family one time about 10 years ago, I put a $20 on the table and said if anyone ever heard me swear, they got the $20. I still have that $20 marked with a black sharpie as "potty-mouth $20" on my dresser.

My potty mouth tends to emerge the most when I am driving and someone cuts me off or does something stupid. I was driving back from St. Louis the other day on an interstate and the bozo in front of me suddenly decides to slam on his breaks and illegally turn around. :mad: I was going about 75 at the time so a few choice words were used, but I was alone so it does not count.:D

I try very hard to not take the Lord's name in vain as well but not just in swearing. Taking the Lord's name in vain is more than that. How many times have you heard, and I am guilty of it..."OMG! or Good Lord." Yep, same thing just without the gd or jc part.

That is the most important part of my language that needs work. But like Sally's dear grandmother, I too look to the skies and say "Sorry" and follow with a sinners prayer. :o

I think Sandy and a few others can vouch for my foul mouth.:D:D Right, BFF? LOL

I don't curse around people who don't curse but if they do I don't hold back. Sometimes I feel like it's the only way to describe some of the events that have happened in my life.

I've gotten worse the older I get. I guess I feel like since I raised a son alone and led a good clean BUT very hard life that I'm allowed to cuss whenever I feel it necessary.:D

I don't have to worry about offending anyone when I'm home since my dog and cat don't understand what I am saying. LOL:p I wouldn't dream of cursing at them since they are so sweet.:)

I will never forget the time I was at a gas station and heard a little old lady just cussing up a storm.

She was on the other side of the gas pump from me and I probably wouldn't have noticed her but she was having a hard time getting the gas cap off the tank of her car.

All of a sudden I hear "WTF" and f-ing this and f-ing that!! If I had not heard it with my own two ears I'd have never believed it.

She looked like a little Mother Goose but after that episode of colorful language I was a little hesitant to ask if she needed some help!! :eek:

Kelly,

That is hilarious!!! :D Did you think she was going to cuss you out for offering to help her? ROTFLMAO

Gosh, you weren't in Oklahoma City were you? It could have been me but I would never cuss at anyone trying to help me though.:D:D I have a terrible time trying to pump gas trying to handle my cane and the gas pump. I just cuss at the gas pump itself.

I don't cuss at people except when they can't hear me.:p:p

My DH says I must've been a sailor in a former life. :D I actually work for a union, so you can imagine the colorful language that's used, especially by the women. :eek: However, I can also be a lady and I know how to behave myself according to the situation.

Kelly, that little lady with the gas cap...if that happened in Ohio I'd say that was my mom! :eek: In her older years she had a lot less patience and was prone to a few curse words now and then but she looked like the sweetest little thing.

See, Kell, it's a matter of phrasing it right.

"May I help you with your dilemma?" Would probably not go well at all.

However,

"Hey, Grand-f*ing-ma! want me to rip that ^&*%^*& thing into (*&^$* pieces and &(^&%( shove it ^(** into 08(&%%^*& next week?" would have garnered accolades of &^%$# praise.;)

This is a very good point, Sandy. For instance, a "fanny" (as in "fanny pack") is a whole different part of the anatomy in Australia and New Zealand then it is in North America.

And "thongs" . . . aren't they something you wear on your feet? Not according to my kids. :rolleyes:

OMG = Oh My Goodness! :D

I swear like a sailor, no doubt about it. I have never been hung up on swearing, even when my kids did it, SO LONG AS NO ONE ELSE WAS PRESENT!! Still, I have my limits. ;)

But a biotch is a *****, and there is just no better descriptive. :p

What annoys me is when people say "goodness gracious" or "gosh" or "oh my gosh". You know they just want to let one rip, but "someone" has told them that they can't. Like David Archilleda from American Idol . . . he said "gosh" with every sentence.

On the other hand, I don't like it when I hear "OMG" on Extreme Makeover either. It makes me cringe.

I can't believe how many people I've heard use the four letter "C" word in the US. That is like "THE" worst word here in Canada. :eek:

I have been in a business environment long enough that I curb myself in public . . . but home is my domain.

Cherie

I never used to swear that much but with this @#$%!ing disease I think I've increased the use of a few choice words. The more they are used the less impact they have.

I find that word just plain crude :mad:

I have a friend who swears like a sailor but even she finds that word crude.

I also have a friend who does not swear and never has. She wouldn't say the S word even if she had a mouth full of it.

I remember the first time I ever heard my mother curse. I thought the end of the world had come....:eek:

She never swore....ever. And if any of us girls had I believe she would have washed our mouthes out with soap.

But I remember once when I was little - like 8 or 9 - she was downstairs doing laundry (our washer/dryer was in the basement) and I heard her through the laundry chute in the bathroom. I was devastated!!!:icon_sad: I ran and told my Dad and he laughed SO hard....:mfr_wha:

Well, after that incident I realized that Mom wasn't perfect and that while she and my Dad were allowed to utter those words in certain circumstances...I was not. And I later found that out when I tried to use those same words while playing outside with a friend!! :o

Yes.

I do.

Never at anyone,.., but always at situations.

Usually.;)

LMAO! Kelly, my mom was the same way until...

We were not allowed to swear or use any "foul" language, even to say "p.o.ed" was grounds for soap.

So, we're at the Grand Canyon, all six of us were now old enough to detest being awakened too early. At 4:30am my mother had us all lined up to view the fabled sunrise rainbows from the west rim. We were not in the mood for pictures and it showed. My dad had the camera ready and was trying to get us to smile; my mom went right behind him and yelled, "Okay! Everybody say SHT!!!"

Well, my dad was pretty handy with a camera and got us both agape and then laughing our butts off!

:rotflmao::rotflmao::rotflmao::rotflmao:

Ohhhh I never say the C word, my neighbor called his wife that in a fight....I told him I'd have been on him like white on rice! he would have to have his peanuts surgically extracted!

My momma always said.....if you're gonna say friggen you might as well say f-ing, so I say that instead! what?! She told me too!!!!! :)

I'll admit I can have a rather colorful vocabulary :p but I'm always careful about who I am around and I respect others who might not appreciate it....but now you get me around a bunch of guys watching a football game or playing pool and look out......I can be worse than a sailor at times! :p (I too never say the C word though...that is one that I absolutely hate)

Not picking on the guys but maybe it's because I was always the tomboy hanging out with the boys....still to this day I have more guy friends than girl friends.

Yes :o. I cuss like a sailor :D. I only use, ummm, colorful language when I'm with people who do the same. And when I'm alone. And when I'm at home.:rolleyes:;)

I do use the "omg" thing too much. I will try to curb that :o. It will be very difficult at first I'm sure.

I worked with union men and I live with three men/boys. I'd be eaten alive by of them if I didn't keep up, LOL.

I do not curse in public :eek:. I think that is just beyond rude, imo.

Me??? Cuss??? ( where's the falling over laughing smilie?)

I admit it, I do, all the time. I DO try to limit the taking of the Lord's name in vain but other than that, anything goes.

I am trying to follow the advice of a lovely woman I met a few weeks ago, who offered this advice: When someone sets off the need to cuss, just say ever so sweetly---"Well, BLESS your heart"--- and walk away smiling.

I will NEVER forget driving with my mother once and some woman cut her off and almost killed us. She rolled down her window faster than if it had been mechanized and stuck her head out the window and screamed "See You Next Tuesday!!

I just sat there for a second open mouthed and then it hit me just exactly what she meant and I laughed so hard I wet my pants. The two of us laughed all the way home.

When we got home she told me if she ever heard me say that phrase or the word associated with it, I was all done.

She never heard me say it...:p

My Mom always told me....you can say anything you want about anybody as long as you end your sentence with...."bless her (or his) heart."

LOL!! :D "She's such a beeotch.....bless her heart." Yep...that makes it all okay!!! :D

BTW...I don't ever do this. :lookaround:

I bet you can guess what category I fall into.

:o

If you want my honest answer, it would fall somewhere between the first and second choices. I don't use profanity and/or what my parents called vulgar language. I don't like to hear it; I think it cheapens conversation.

That being said, back in my early twenties, I unfortunately developed that habit. Once in a while, to my great dismay, a word will pop out from somewhere in the dark depths. Always when I'm alone, or at least under my breath, but I'm always ashamed of myself. I wasn't raised that way.

I never ever heard my father use rough language, and once my mother shut her thumb in the car door and she said "Jeezum Crow!" She apologized about forty times afterward, and those were the only "bad words" I ever heard her use. Her expletive of choice was, "Oh, fummydiddle!"

We were certainly expected NOT to use such coarse language as "pee" or "butt" (though I'm a bit slack on that now :D)

Now, when I feel compelled to explete, I use colorful expressions such as:

"Bug manure!"
"Oh, barn words and body parts!"
"Mustard and custard!" (Remember Pat Brady?)

I know some would argue that saying gosh darn is "just the same" as using profanity, but back in my parents' day, those euphemisms were kind of considered a public way of saying "I DON'T swear."