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Do you cuss?
Yes, often 53%  53%  [ 24 ]
Occasionally 27%  27%  [ 12 ]
No 20%  20%  [ 9 ]
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01 Mar 2016, 11:25 pm

People are always surprised when a seemingly sweet, innocent girl such as myself opens her mouth, and asterisks come flying out.



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01 Mar 2016, 11:28 pm

I've found sometimes that the most effective cursing comes from a rare cursor, somebody not known for cursing. :idea:



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02 Mar 2016, 3:04 am

f**k yeah.


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02 Mar 2016, 3:15 am

"The idea that no gentleman ever swears is all wrong. He can swear and still be a gentleman if he does it in a nice and benevolent and affectionate way." --
Mark Twain - Private and Public Morals speech, 1906



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02 Mar 2016, 4:07 am

Some days, the supply of available curse words is insufficient to meet my demands.


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02 Mar 2016, 4:10 am

I don't see anything morally wrong with it. I do it if I find it necessary to express what I'm feeling at the moment. But I am considerate and try not to do it around those who may be offended.



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02 Mar 2016, 4:21 am

some days I think somebody needs to invent new swear words as the old ones are falling down on the job.



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02 Mar 2016, 4:22 am

the army taught me one extremely foul word that I save for special occasions.



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02 Mar 2016, 4:27 am

Can someone tell me how the "f" word even got started? It doesn't even make any sense! 8O


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02 Mar 2016, 4:31 am

Some days I use excessively proper curse words.


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02 Mar 2016, 4:32 am

what's a "proper cuss word"? is it something like "flames of perdition!"?



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02 Mar 2016, 4:35 am

There is a legend (which is untrue) that after the plague and decimation of the population that a decree was made to "Fornicate Under Command of the King"
Which became shortened to f**k.

In reality I think it came from an old German word.


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02 Mar 2016, 4:37 am

Raleigh wrote:
There is a legend (which is untrue) that after the plague and decimation of the population that a decree was made to "Fornicate Under Command of the King"
Which became shortened to f**k.

In reality I think it came from an old German word.

"For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge." but that is also suspect. The Oxford English Dictionary states that the ultimate etymology is uncertain, but that the word is "probably cognate" with a number of native Germanic words with meanings involving striking, rubbing, and having sex.



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02 Mar 2016, 4:38 am

nurseangela wrote:
Can someone tell me how the "f" word even got started? It doesn't even make any sense! 8O

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/f**k#Older_etymology
For a long time I thought it originally came from a German word meaning "to strike", but it appears this theory may not exactly be correct.


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02 Mar 2016, 4:40 am

auntblabby wrote:
what's a "proper cuss word"? is it something like "flames of perdition!"?

More like: Fornicating Hades!!


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02 Mar 2016, 4:51 am

^^^^that'll work :thumright: a good French swear that isn't really a swear but sounds like a swear, is "C'est vraiment de ta faute!"