Do you cuss?

[kwelch10377]

You bet I do. I even have a book called Creative Cursing: A Mix and Match Profanity Generator to add a little more variety to the expletives that come out of my mouth.

 

[skatalite]

Like a sailor.

 

[Squirlz]

Swearing relieves pain. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-do-we-swear/

Personally I feel that people who speak in clichés, buzzwords or TV catch phrases are the ones who lack original thought.

 

[A_Princess'_Daddy]

Frankly, I find the word "cuss" to be more annoying than most "swear words." It's one of those words, like "moist" and "panties" that just grates on me.

And FTR, yes, I swear, including (in fact, probably more than elsewhere) in the office, with my manager, my employees and with my colleagues.

 

[POPCITY]

For the people who say "they are just words"- why don't you say them in front of small children or in your professional business settings?

My friend's very intelligent high schooler tried pulling that excuse with her. She told him to call his grandmother and recite the words, and teach the 3 year old neighbor girl the choice words. He became all flustered at that idea. They aren't "just words".

I don't swear around children because their parents may not like it, not because I think their ears will catch fire and they would suffer emotional scars for life. I do sweat in front of my own kid, he doesn't seem to be harmed by it.

At work, there is a "no profanity" rule, so meetings are out. In my office though, anything goes!

 

[minnie mum]

Learned from a true virtuoso. My dear departed father could curse up a storm with such an extensive vocabulary that you really had to admire the man. He practically raised swearing to an art form. Those that can only re use the same old boring half dozen words or phrases are just sad.However I do try to restrict any outpourings to those situations where I won't unduly offend those within hearing or send little children into a lifetime of therapy.

 

[JessicaR]

Frankly, I find the word "cuss" to be more annoying than most "swear words." It's one of those words, like "moist" and "panties" that just grates on me.

And FTR, yes, I swear, including (in fact, probably more than elsewhere) in the office, with my manager, my employees and with my colleagues.

Yes I agree cuss is an annoying word for me also. However, your two words said together - seem less annoying.

 

[Disneylover99]

I do sweat in front of my own kid, he doesn't seem to be harmed by it.

Thanks for the chuckle!

 

[jrmasm]

For the people who say "they are just words"- why don't you say them in front of small children or in your professional business settings?

My friend's very intelligent high schooler tried pulling that excuse with her. She told him to call his grandmother and recite the words, and teach the 3 year old neighbor girl the choice words. He became all flustered at that idea. They aren't "just words".

Adapting your language to suit your audience doesn't change the facts that they're just words. There are plenty of non swear words that people might not use in certain company but they're still just words.

 

[mhfrau]

For the people who say "they are just words"- why don't you say them in front of small children or in your professional business settings?

My friend's very intelligent high schooler tried pulling that excuse with her. She told him to call his grandmother and recite the words, and teach the 3 year old neighbor girl the choice words. He became all flustered at that idea. They aren't "just words".

Well, I have uttered a few in my professional setting when I worked. Spend an hour in the NY fashion district, and you will here quite a few unsavory words. As for saying them in front of small children, I did every now and then when my son was small. But I counter with this... if you think saying a four letter word is so bad in front of a five year old, then would you have a glass of wine in front of one? Drive over the speed limit? Gossip about anyone? Watch Breaking Bad when your toddler is napping in the next room but could potentially hear? Because if you want to argue about what is appropriate and setting a poor example, then any of those could be construed that way depending on how you look at it.

 

[Jafar30]

I only bleeping cuss when the bleeping situation calls for it otherwise bleep I don't bleeping cuss all that bleeping much.

 

[Jennasis]

Like a sailor.

 

[Adipoo]

Like an American Gordon Ramsay.

 

[travelbug]

Fess up... do you have a potty mouth?

Nope. I have my various issues, but a potty mouth isn't one of them.

 

[superme80]

For the people who say "they are just words"- why don't you say them in front of small children or in your professional business settings?

My friend's very intelligent high schooler tried pulling that excuse with her. She told him to call his grandmother and recite the words, and teach the 3 year old neighbor girl the choice words. He became all flustered at that idea. They aren't "just words".

I am old enough to know not to drop such words at church or in front of my parents. My 3 year old does not. That is why I don't curse in front of my children. As they get older and learn more about appropriate situations, I am sure I will let a few fly now and then.

 

[snarlingcoyote]

For the people who say "they are just words"- why don't you say them in front of small children or in your professional business settings?
My friend's very intelligent high schooler tried pulling that excuse with her. She told him to call his grandmother and recite the words, and teach the 3 year old neighbor girl the choice words. He became all flustered at that idea. They aren't "just words".

Actually, the only time in my adult life I ever had much of a potty mouth it was because that was what was expected in my professional business setting.

At the time I worked in this profession there were several reality shows about that particular profession. We used to joke that they wouldn't be able to make one about us because they'd have to bleep so many words that we wouldn't make the least bit of sense!

Now I don't cuss so much. When I do, I'm usually in a great deal of pain.

 

[powellrj]

I never did much until I started working and then it was pretty much expected with my job. Since I have stopped working, the swearing has stopped too.

 

[ebtbmom]

For the people who say "they are just words"- why don't you say them in front of small children or in your professional business settings?

My friend's very intelligent high schooler tried pulling that excuse with her. She told him to call his grandmother and recite the words, and teach the 3 year old neighbor girl the choice words. He became all flustered at that idea. They aren't "just words".

I choose to self censor around people that I know are bothered by the language, I said that it doesn't bother me, not that it shouldn't bother anyone. I don't judge anyone that abstains from using curse words, seems like a very flimsy standard by which to pass judgement.

My extended family is very religious and they do not curse, drink, smoke, watch R movies, listen to rock/rap, pretty much anything that the rest of us do! Even though DH and I do all of these we don't do it around them because we care about them and do not want to make them feel uncomfortable, we have that much self control at least!

We don't censor that much around our kid, we do around other people's kids because we don't know what they are comfortable with. My coworkers and I curse quite a bit, nurses are known to have a colorful and expressive vocabulary!

 

[scrapquitler]

I'm in a mood. A few bad days at work and with the personal life not the best right now, the only things going through my head are a series of expletives. Out loud I try to work very hard not to do it around my son, but when it's just adults, and I'm in this kind of mood, the words just flow out like a regular part of my vocabulary.

Growing up I was around several adults that cussed, but my dad did very rarely. He said it was best to save those kind of words so that way when you did say the person you said it to would take notice of the seriousness of the situation. It's true also... whenever my dad said a swear word (I can only remember a few times) I shut my mouth and listened.

Fess up... do you have a potty mouth?

sidenote: I hardly ever hear anyone around here use the word cuss. We say swear.

now back to our regularly scheduled programming.

Do I swear? Oh yes. I have a potty mouth, that's for sure.

 

[Patch'sD]

Every Dam Day