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The Banality of the F-Bomb: Once taboo, the word has become an unfortunate national habit
National Review ^ | 05/09/2019 | By HEATHER WILHELM

Posted on 05/09/2019 11:19:59 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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This article is another demonstration of why the NRO is a totally wasted publication.


21 posted on 05/09/2019 11:40:40 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: married21

That’s where “Undercussing” comes in.

The Barry Switzer Guide to Undercussing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5bm2Wzsh4w


22 posted on 05/09/2019 11:41:13 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: SeekAndFind

I don’t use the “f” word by choice, but sometimes other drivers just pull it right out of my mouth.


23 posted on 05/09/2019 11:42:48 AM PDT by Two Kids' Dad (((( Wake me when a prominent democrat gets prosecuted. ))))
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To: SeekAndFind

If you use the F word you’re just admitting you don’t have the intellect or vocabulary to express yourself properly.

WTF?


24 posted on 05/09/2019 11:43:14 AM PDT by subterfuge (RIP T.P.)
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To: cdga5for4

As Bob Knight said, the most expressive word in the English language.


Not just english. ;)


26 posted on 05/09/2019 11:44:29 AM PDT by cuban leaf
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To: SeekAndFind

My wife worked in radio, so she never swore out of habit—”The mic is always hot.”

Me, I went to college with about 1,500 other males. The f word is tossed in every sentence. It was a hard habit to break.

My wife would always call me on it, if I used the word in the house. I would catch her wrath if I used it in front of the kids. I never used it at work. Ever.

One day when my daughter was 12 or 13, I sliced the palm of my hand open—20 stitches. She said she knew I was hurt because I used “that word.”

Now the kids are grown up. My wife is out of radio. And I spend more time with the lawn and garden than I do working.

Yesterday, I heard her tell some “old lady” to “get the F off the street if you are not going to drive.”

She was all wrapped up on her car so it was just an utterance...but I gave her the look of 13 boy that just figured out he was getting to “second base” tonight!

I can finally “F-ing” swear again!


27 posted on 05/09/2019 11:45:38 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (If we get Medicare for all, will we have to show IDs for service?)
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To: SeekAndFind

Heather “vapors” Williams had best not hang around any military types.

“F—k” is used in various forms by all NATO and any US ally (eg Israel) in all its glory and forms.

She should go back to hating Trump on NPR with David French.


28 posted on 05/09/2019 11:46:17 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: donna
The F-word is of the left.

Absolutely! If you go to their blogs and places on the web where they post opinions rarely do you get much past Paragraph Two before the F-bomb makes an appearance. You can almost hear Abbie Hoffman rising from the grave.


29 posted on 05/09/2019 11:48:33 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Midwesterner53
I still consider a woman just short of a street walker when I hear her use the word.

Ride the DC Metro on any of the lines at around 4pm. The language being slung around by the "ladies" would amaze you.

30 posted on 05/09/2019 11:49:25 AM PDT by Not A Snowbird (I trust President Trump.)
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To: dfwgator

lol


31 posted on 05/09/2019 11:50:00 AM PDT by married21 ( As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: jmacusa

I had an aunt who used to occasionally say “oh, fudgesicles” when something vexatious happened.


32 posted on 05/09/2019 11:55:21 AM PDT by PGR88
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33 posted on 05/09/2019 11:57:15 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: SeekAndFind

I’m no moralizing prude and use as much foul language as the next guy when angry, but I really can’t stand being around people who can’t speak a sentence without f_ in it, e.g. “So I f_ing went to the f_ing grocery store to buy some f_ing bread...” Such people seem to use expletives not for emphasis or expression of anger, but as particles, the way teenagers use “like.”


34 posted on 05/09/2019 11:57:54 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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To: READINABLUESTATE

If you were stuck on a desert island with only one word...


35 posted on 05/09/2019 11:58:05 AM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: SeekAndFind

i do not drink, smoke, gamble, cheat. But I do cuss. I have since i was a teen, and it’s probably gotten worse. But thats my only vice.
People that get their enormous panties in a bunch over a swear word are ridiculous.


36 posted on 05/09/2019 12:00:30 PM PDT by ronniesgal (so I wonder what his FR handle is????)
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To: Midwesterner53

I’ve never walked a street in my life!!


37 posted on 05/09/2019 12:00:40 PM PDT by CaptainK ('No collusion, no obstruction, he's a leaker')
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To: bigbob

In the last year I’ve noticed a few movies use of the “C” word, especially by women. (guess it describes them).


38 posted on 05/09/2019 12:02:02 PM PDT by sanjuanbob
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To: SeekAndFind


Step one, instead of ass say buns
Like 'Kiss my buns' or 'You're a buns hole'
Step two, instead of s___ say poo
As in 'Bull poo', 'Poo head' and this 'Poo is cold'
Step three, with bitch drop the T
Because bich is Latin for generosity
Step four, don't say f___ anymore
Because f___ is the worst word that you can say
So just use the word MMMKay
39 posted on 05/09/2019 12:04:15 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: SeekAndFind

It began back in the Hippie days when they wanted to bring vile language into public view.
Before that time, if you said such a word in mixed company a few persons would take you out behind the bar and beat the snot out of you.


40 posted on 05/09/2019 12:04:34 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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