Cussing

[cooltuba]

[quote name='Q the Ninja' date='Jan 1 2005, 04:16 PM'] Some words, like the F-word, degrade the actual word below its proper dignity. Sex isn't something that should be thrown around lightly. [/quote]
I honestly can't think of a time when i personally have used the f word to mean sex. It's quite a versatile word, and although I'm sure many people do use that word to mean sex, the majority of the times I've heard it used are not referring to sex.

Tim

[Q the Ninja]

[quote name='cooltuba' date='Jan 1 2005, 04:31 PM'] I honestly can't think of a time when i personally have used the f word to mean sex. It's quite a versatile word, and although I'm sure many people do use that word to mean sex, the majority of the times I've heard it used are not referring to sex.

Tim [/quote]
I believe the F-word refers to sex in origin.

To take it out of context is to further pervert the meaning.

[hyperdulia again]

I have used the F word for sex. 'Cause it's a much harsher, uglier, and honest term for what most people in our society are doing (they aren't making love, they aren't sharing of themselves, they aren't performing acts from hich life can come)

[Q the Ninja]

[quote name='cooltuba' date='Jan 1 2005, 04:29 PM'] But there are some words that no matter what connotation you are using them, society deems unacceptable. The a word, the s word, the f word, and so on.

Tim [/quote]
Two of those, yes, but the first, no.

They're vulgar slang according to the dictionary.

[Benedict]

[quote name='cooltuba' date='Jan 1 2005, 03:29 PM'] But there are some words that no matter what connotation you are using them, society deems unacceptable. [/quote]
It is the word, not the meaning.

By your system, the taboo on nice black man means we could never refer to Africans or African Americans.

It is the word that is hurtful, the connotation of the word, not the dictionary entry.

[MC Just]

the f word stands for "fornicating under consent of the king"....lol makes since huh?

[Chris Zewe]

I'd respond to MC Just, but his argument is about as holy (it's a pun (a lame one) -- think) as the Pope...

[Dave]

[quote name='MC Just' date='Jan 2 2005, 05:23 PM'] the f word stands for "fornicating under consent of the king"....lol makes since huh? [/quote]
Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm afraid that's nothing more than an urban legend. I'd post a link, but the site URL contains the f-word, and even if I don't include the site address but just do something like "click here" or something, the filters still work, the f-word gets changed to "floopy," and the site is unable to be accessed since "floopy" isn't found in the URL. So just go to snopes.com and look up the f-word.

Edited January 2, 2005 by Dave

[rachael]

i cuss quite a bit....it's so hard to stop. my parents are cussing constantly. i learned my first cuss words from them....i try to quit, but once i hear it at home, the foul language comes right out...

[Dave]

[quote name='rachael' date='Jan 2 2005, 08:06 PM'] i cuss quite a bit....it's so hard to stop. my parents are cussing constantly. i learned my first cuss words from them....i try to quit, but once i hear it at home, the foul language comes right out... [/quote]
I know how that is. I've had friends who would cuss a lot, especially the f-word, and I soon noticed taht when I was around them I'd cuss more freely -- including saying the f-word.

[rachael]

[quote name='Dave' date='Jan 2 2005, 07:11 PM'] I know how that is. I've had friends who would cuss a lot, especially the f-word, and I soon noticed taht when I was around them I'd cuss more freely -- including saying the f-word. [/quote]
try have your parents doing it all the time

[spathariossa]

Linguistically, swearing is a very interesting thing. All societies have taboo words used to express frustration. Eventually, these words lose their power and other words take their place. I don't think swear words are bad at all. I think the intent behind them is what makes them bad. The examples given are good ones. God is a wonderful word, it is just intent that makes it bad. Ass is a type of animal and is in and of itself not vile in any respect. It is the intent. Did you know that speaking of pigs was considered vile to muslims in Spain? Guard your intent, not your vocabulary.

[Q the Ninja]

That's an excellent point.

Most of the time (or probably all of the time), when we cuss the objects of the exterior and interior acts of the will do not line up.

[*lil girl 4 jesus*]

[quote name='Benedict' date='Dec 31 2004, 02:27 AM'] That is what my mom told me, too. "Swearing is indicative of an intellect insufficient to express itself."

My mom uses big words sometimes.

[/quote]
dude, i can tell!