I used to swear a lot. I decided to not swear at all (except for possibly mild swears), instead replacing most swears with minced oaths.
My family is Christian and I would get yelled at for swearing even if it just slipped out. So far, I don’t swear unless I’m feeling a strong emotion or acting impulsively, but I’ll usually say things like “F/eff” or “fudge” instead of the F-word.
I like to be “creative”, so my go-tos are usually “Go fudge yourself”, or “What the cluck?”
I might say “mother lover” instead of MF
I go to church now for the last few years so I’ve retrained my choice of words to a degree so not to offend, but I still curse loudly.
No, it would do my mother tongue a disservice! There are so many flowery and imaginative ways to express emotions using swearwords in Polish…
Not me. I’d explode without swearing. I made a point to avoid gendered swear words though. And also to not use them in arguments.
Fuck no. Though I have removed gendered swears from use.
You son of a snitch, I’m in.
It’s really just deliberately using terms like “asshole” and “shithead” instead of bitch and such.
I tend not to swear. I never swear in front of children since it’s very common for parents to hate that. If I do swear, it’s usually from something drastic, like a lot of pain or if I’ve messed something up irreperably. I avoid explatives in normal situations though, and when I use them I prefer to use a goofier explative than a swear, like “ay ay ay” or “uff da” and things like that. I just find it more fun, and keeps my mentality light in a rough situation. I grew up religious, so I have an unreasonable hatred of replacement words and won’t use them.
I will use curse words in phrases that I think require them, such as “shit-eatting grin” or “shitshow” because I don’t know phrases that describe those things any more aptly.
As an online gamer:
Call someone a slur - boring, stupid, causes harm but rarely to the target.
Call someone an ‘absolute potato’ - seething rage, I am NOT a potato!Yes, because I was forced to exist against my will. Don’t do that next time please kthnxbye.
no that’s fucking stupid
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I don’t understand why such minced oaths are socially acceptable among people who don’t want to swear for religious reasons. Do they really not realize that they’re thinking “fuck” and effectively saying “fuck”?!
And what about the Catholics who take the position that a sin in thought is just as evil as a sin in deed?
Either say “fuck” or stop even thinking “fuck”. Anything in between is disingenuous bullshit.
To answer your question, no. I try to comply with folks who don’t want me to swear around their kids, but I volunteer to do that as a courtesy and can’t be coerced into it except by real force, such as threatening my physical safety or livelihood.
No fucken way cunt!
Which commandment does saying “fuck” violate?
I pump the brakes with the swearing if I’m around kids, complete strangers, or people I know really take offense to it, i’m honestly not trying to be rude on purpose.
But other than that, no. I swear a lot and have no intention to lessen that. It’s an excellent coping mechanism for stress and it doesn’t hurt anybody or, in fact, anything.
Replacing it with things like “what the cluck” would only add to the anger I feel in the moment because I think that’s horribly cringe.
I think swearing is good if not overused.
I’ve heard studies show that people who swear are trusted more, something about them coming across more open and genuine.
I agree, I save my good swears for special occasions.
I try to avoid it as much as possible since I think its a good habit. I don’t have any issue with people who swear I just choose not to. It does become an issue occasionally since there just is not always good replacements for a lot of swear words meaning it can be difficult to express the emotion you are trying to say. I don’t think there is anything wrong with choosing to do this but I still find it odd that we as a society just kinda accept that a certain set of words are special and can’t always be said.
