Do you consider this a cuss word?

[Beauty]

asinine

from encarta

asinine 1. ridiculous: utterly ridiculous or lacking sense

Like a story can be asinine, or a song, or a television show, or I suppose a person or group of people.

So do you consider it a curse word?

What about anal as in taking things too far almost to a perfectionist level.

I accuse my DH of being anal all the time because everything has to be done to a perfectionist level.

What do you think of these two words?

 

[olena]

I don't consider them to be. George Carlin didn't cover them under the Seven Dirty Words.....

 

[Toby'sFriend]

No - I wouldn't consider either one to be a cuss word.

 

[Beauty]

Ooops I double posted...see my other post in reguards to why I asked...they are trying to ban a book out of John-Cole's school and some of the parents are getting together to write something to address to the people trying to ban it. I wanted to use these two words but I don't want to come off rude or impolite but I do want to make a point.

 

[Nagle]

They are not cuss words. Maybe the book banners (burners?)would prefer bumbum when referring to anal or asinine.

edited to actually spell 'when' correctly.

 

[preshi]

LMAO Nagle.... bum bum.... LMAO

 

[Robinrs]

Nope, I don't think so....

I call Michael anal all the time. If you think your DH is anal, Michael takes it to a new level!!

 

[tar heel]

Not cuss words.

What is the potentially banned book?

 

[Beauty]

Robin perhaps John and Michael should meet. I promise you all I wanted was to have the entertainment center and TV/Sterio moved to the other side of the room.

Simple task right? Just scoot the stuff over there shouldn't take more than 45 minutes or so......WRONG!!!!!!!

You have to tie-wrap every little wire to make it look perfect and neat....you then have to make sure that the TV/Sterio etc. are in the middle to the exact inch.....

NEVER AGAIN...I'll do it myself thank you very much.

 

[Jeff in BigD]

Nope. I would even venture a guess that some of the people that love to swear don't even know what "asinine" means.

 

[Beauty]

Robin perhaps John and Michael should meet. I promise you all I wanted was to have the entertainment center and TV/Sterio moved to the other side of the room.

Simple task right? Just scoot the stuff over there shouldn't take more than 45 minutes or so......WRONG!!!!!!!

You have to tie-wrap every little wire to make it look perfect and neat....you then have to make sure that the TV/Sterio etc. are in the middle to the exact inch.....

NEVER AGAIN...I'll do it myself thank you very much.

 

[honeywolf7]

Nope, they're definitely not cuss words.

 

[Bunchkin]

I don't think that they are cuss words. I refer to my DH as being anal all the time!! And I'm in no way referring to his tushy!

 

[EROS]

I don't feel that *** is a "cuss" word as long as it's used in a donkey context . As for anal, I have noted that the moderators get veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery nervous when anyone here dares to mention anatomical terms, which are known by any 5th grader who has studied the human body. Let's face it, DIS members have NO genitals at least while DISing ..........

 

[SPAGo 98]

speak for yourself, EROS, but i certainly have genitals...

 

[EROS]

Originally posted by SPAGo 98
speak for yourself, EROS, but i certainly have genitals...

Perhaps, but not on the DIS ............

 

[SonjaB]

They are definately NOT obscenities. I swear some people LOOK for things to be up in arms about (is it okay to say 'arms'???)

EROS.....that is possibly the weirdest statement I've ever heard, LOLLLLLLL!

 

[EROS]

SONJA, if I type in the female sex organ, I get this..... ******

If I type in the male sex organ, I get this........ *****

Case closed...............on the DIS, we're asexual ........

 

[SonjaB]

I stand corrected.

<i>EROS bested me......where did I go wrong????</i>

 

[LemonDietCoke]

What is their rationale for banning asinine? Is it just because it sounds like *** (male donkey)?

I do not think anal is a cuss word either although I could see parents wanting to discourage its slang usage, but not to the point of book banning.