Posted on 05/09/2019 11:19:59 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Tell that to my fellow Marines. It’s a part of our everyday language in the Corps. I learned to turn it off once I retired, but get me around a bunch of my old friends it comes back again.
Furking
Fudge
Freak
Frack
Frick
The euphemisms are what make forbidden words more interesting.
My favorite is the edited-for-TV version of the movie Fargo.
Whenever one of the characters says “f***ing” in the original they substitute “frozen”.
“No frozen way!” It actually works better!
Tell that to my fellow Marines. It’s a part of our everyday language in the Corps. I learned to turn it off once I retired, but get me around a bunch of my old friends it comes back again.
I am an old submarine guy but tend to agree with the author.
A woman I know (ex military) loves to express disbelief by saying "Shut the Front Door!"
Not to date myself, but I have certainly noticed a coarsening of language in general over the last ten years or so. Especially with young women, who seem to be even more profane in order to establish bona fides or something. And people wearing tees wiht the F-word emblazoned... I have no explanation. Going for shock value?!
The C-word is permissable too.
That was a great series!
It's about time the "f..." word stop being a way to offend people. It's use tells me something about the person. They can say "f..." if I can call a thug a thug.
I heard a young girl let loose the MFSOB in the dairy aisle. She yelled at her younger brother. Mother did not flinch or correct the foul mouthed child.
I heard a young girl let loose the MFSOB in the dairy aisle. She yelled at her younger brother. Mother did not flinch or correct the foul mouthed child.
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lolol. I guess the irony of her own daughter calling her a b-word was lost on her.
“My mother never saw the irony of calling me a son of a bitch.” ~~ Jack Nicholson
I don’t like it at all......but on the other hand what difference does it really make??? There are religious words in vain that bother me much more....The slang word for sexual intercourse, while crude, is often used and abused....so what?
Well Frack that!
If I ever hear it in my social circle that person get a dressing down from me.
I'm old so I don't care if they get offended or not.
I never understood that either....I worked for many years in a juvenile max security penal institution and they called each other that CONSTANTLY
The excrement word works in the same fashion.
I don’t give a S*#&. (object)
I s*#& you not. or I’m not S*#&ing you (V)
That’s some S#&@# crazy stuff there (adj)
The S&#^ I just took(noun)
That little S&#^ (possible pronoun usage)
Holy S#^@#! (exclamation)
Well that was just S#^@ly stupid of you (adverb)
Other words related to human genitalia are likewise capable of multi-usage, however only the F word can deliver F#&@ity F#^@ing F#^&!
I find profanity fascinating - especially when considering the term ‘bloody’ is considered offensive among the Brits.
I do agree though that all the “dirty” words are not in the realm of group identification and no longer associated with the traditional terms for bodily functions/parts and fornication.
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