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Is using profanity (cursing, cussing, swearing) a healthy thing that lets a person get rid of anger and hostile pent up feelings? Does it effectively relieve emotional pain? Or is it a sign of weakness that shows an individual is not capable of controlling their anxieties and has to blurt them out in an "inappropriate" way?
Do you use those "special" words..... never, sometimes (under your breath), or often (for anyone within range that can hear you)?
Ever work with anyone that swears a lot? How was it?
IMO cursing is an artform that many people get wrong. Some people I swear try to see how many f-bombs they can fit into a single sentence like it is a contest. They also use it with the wrong audience (probably should great your boss with "how the F are you"). If done right it can punctuate the humor or can just be used an an exclamation or to drive home a point. That said one should be able to make the same point without using them.
I've held back from cursing my entire life because I was taught it was wrong. Then I had children, and it upped my stress level incredibly. I can't hold back anymore, so I curse and it's a huge stress reliever for me.
A basterdized language. No form of intelligence.
In other words, they are simply filler words, and would all be catergorized as adjectives. We have plenty of those without cursing.
"Vulgarity is no substitute for wit" - The Dowager Countess - Downton Abbey
I hate profanity - IMO it's a sign of laziness, low class and just plain rude. You want to talk to your friends like that fine - just don't force everybody around you to have to listen to it. Get a dictionary, learn some other words so you look at least slightly educated.
"Vulgarity is no substitute for wit" - The Dowager Countess - Downton Abbey
I hate profanity - IMO it's a sign of laziness, low class and just plain rude. You want to talk to your friends like that fine - just don't force everybody around you to have to listen to it. Get a dictionary, learn some other words so you look at least slightly educated.
fortunately those days of the dowager countess are over.
Perhaps the best is when you ARE highly educated... and the paradox of choice offers creative linguistics.
Low class is low class regardless of what is said, as poor manners speak louder than words.
The best conversations are only shared in intimate quiet.... and preferably in Italian.
lol, I KNOW some will take offense, ridicule psychologists and studies...
But I wouldn't be so silly as to argue with an engineer without an engineering degree myself
Do I use those "special" words?
OH Yeahhhhhh.... when it's appropriate, it feels so very good.
Goes down kind of like an icy beer on a hot late afternoon....
I love this article. Fun.
Speaking of low class..... reminds me of an old joke.... he's got a lot of class, but it's all low.
Badda bing!
I enjoy swearing. I do think it's important to be able to turn it on and off depending on one's environment and company. And some swear words are just too ugly to ever be funny.
I can grade my language to the situation, but vulgarity adds color. It's the spice in the stew.
I'm in my fifties, and while traveling for work am sharing housing with 20somethings. They were pretty uptight until I "f-bombed" a couple of times.
I actually saw the tension leave their bodies.
I'm from a sweary family, though.
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