Do you swear?

SAHB Healer wrote:

Kinda off topic, but there's a funny side issue here that I've always found interesting. "Substitute" swear words (Friggin', Shoot, Gosh Darn, Gol'Dang, Heck, etc.). Does anyone use them a lot?

Oh yea, I do that all the time, especially around the kids. "Shoot" gets used a lot, and I even made up one of my own. My favorite swear word of choice used to be "MotherF'er," which I modified to "mustard fudger"

Mine are:

Mother of Pearl!

Jesus, Mary, and JOSEPH!! (usually said in my very weak Scottish brogue) I'm ashamed of this one because Jesus is my Lord so it's as bad as any cuss word....but it just sounds good....

i swear quite a lot but generally english ones that aren't really that bad. bugger, bloody, bollocks etc

Unfortunately, yes. When I was putting myself through college, I worked my cousin's gas station for 6 years and that is what ruined me. Everyone I worked with dropped f-bombs constantly and I picked up on the habit. Peace.

Good f***in' thread, by the way!!

All the time. haha

This one's kind of goofy.....I forgot all about it. It evolved
from playing with my kids and now sometimes when somethings not going well I'll yell out "ixe, i grec, zede!!" I just like how it sounds and it's one of the few things I remember from French class 18 years ago!

I swear alot...more than I'd like....BUT I work in retail and nothing can drive me from my curse-less course quicker than a few dimwitted customers first thing in the morning...next thing I know I'm hip deep in the swear words...

I do watch it around my boys....they learned their swearing om their mother....

Sadly, i cuss alot.

I try my best to stay as clean as possible, but like any human being I miss the mark more often than I would like to admit.

I know I shouldn't swear since I'm 12, but I do. I don't say it in front of parents but with my friends and when I'm alone I do. Not in every single sentence just sometimes.

Fat Freddy wrote:

My favorite swear word of choice used to be "MotherF'er," which I modified to "mustard fudger"

that's priceless. will remember.

I swear much less than I used to but more than I should. But my favorite is not as recognizable by most Americans. I like to say s*** in German.

Creative replacements are the best though.

I try very hard not to but if I get really irratated, my words make paint peel of the walls. I on the other hand don't blame comedians or movies because self control is most important and sometimes I lack that. The only words I don't worry much about (depending on who I'm around) are a**, damn, and hell. I use substitue words like son of a Hilary Clinton, or freakin, and oh crap to help curb my language.

I swear more than I want to.... something i have been trying so hard to curb and eventually eliminate all together

I used to swear quite frequently, but not for many years now. I still picked "rarely" for the poll, though, because I let loose on occasion, although I try not to.

is it a thing in america not to swear cos over in the united kingfom it seems to be going the other way and being acceptable to swear apart from the f word

TheGooch wrote:

is it a thing in america not to swear cos over in the united kingfom it seems to be going the other way and being acceptable to swear apart from the f word

It's a Christian thing as well as a cultural thing. The Bible warns about using coarse language which of course depends on where you are. If a word is considered filthy in the area in which you are in then you are supposed to refrain from it. In the end it is really supposed to be between the individual and God but a person is to avoid using it in company in where it would be unacceptable.

yeah we have that hear you would not swear in inappropriate company it would be insulting and bad mannered but we still say smurf poo and crap all the time everywhere else it seems these days as well as all the blasphemous things such as bloody hell and my god

All the f**king time.

TheGooch wrote:

yeah we have that hear you would not swear in inappropriate company it would be insulting and bad mannered but we still say smurf poo and crap all the time everywhere else it seems these days as well as all the blasphemous things such as bloody hell and my god

Funny you mention bloddy hell - most people in the US don't know that it is derivied from "blood of Christ" - I didn't know until some British army officer my Dad worked with at the pentagon years ago told me - I was being smart about UK slang and got the low down on it

I did'nt until I started working on cars for a living.

Yea, I try hard to swear less, but some of the people who I hang around with like to just out of no were just string out a nice long bit of cussing, with every single cuss word you can think of. But there great guy's so I put up with it. And I can stop swearing at any time, up till now, it's been all good.

I slipped and said the "F" word in front of my son yesterday (I was washing dishes and cut my hand on a knife)... I still feel bad about it.

Fat Freddy wrote:

I slipped and said the "F" word in front of my son

Filabuster?