Is this a "bad word"?

[Fantasia Girl]

Friggin'

Well, obviously the DIS censor does not think so, and I say it all the time.... but do you find it offensive? I also wouldn't want my young child saying it either, does that make it offensive? I think 'dam' (I know it's spelled incorrectly) is a cuss word, but my husband does not.


What do you think?

Do you have any colorful sayings that others take offense to?

 

[Steve H.]

LOL!! It's a personal favorite of mine!

Would I want my child saying it? Nope, but then again, he's only 2! I think people can be offended by what the word is intended to replace, though.

 

[Fantasia Girl]

Yeah, I can see people getting offended by what it is intended to replace, but could just as easily say 'stinkin' and no one would be offended..... I wonder if it's a regional dialect thing?

 

[addicted_to_WDW]

Originally posted by Fantasia Girl
Do you have any colorful sayings that others take offense to?

My colorful expressions would never make it onto the DIS.

I usually use Freakin' in place of Friggin'.

 

[Wagamama]

its a word i use very, very often. I don't think its a bad word...I think its a good substitute for a bad word. you could also say freakin' thats a good sub too.

 

[SuiteDisney]

Of course it is. It's another word for the "F" word. Neither word offends me, but it does bother me that one is censored and the other is not.

 

[addicted_to_WDW]

To answer your original question, no it is not a "bad" word. I find the notion of some words being good and some bad rather asinine. There's a time and place for everything.

 

[Fantasia Girl]

I feel the same way, I think there is no such thing as a bad word....there are just inappropriate times to use certain words, but in the right context or conversation it can be appropriate. I don't go around talking like a drunken sailor either though, but I have been known to say a few naughty words when the situation was appropriate.

 

[fireplug]

I agree, no "words" are bad only the intended meaning of them. If you are saying it as a way of getting around the censors and still saying an"F" word then it is "bad". But I don't find any word offensive. I find it amusing that some people will say one word and it means the exact same thing as a "swear word" but will act indignant if someone uses the"sw".

OP is not being flamed. This is a good question.

Steve

 

[Robinrs]

From the Merriam Webster Dictionary:



Main Entry: frig
Pronunciation: 'frig
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Form(s): frigged; frig·ging
Etymology: Middle English fryggen to wriggle
Date: 1598
usually vulgar : COPULATE -- sometimes used in the present participle as a meaningless intensive

I remember reading some "English" 1800's "porn" My Secret Life where they referred to copulation as "frigging", hence what we use our English version of the same in sentences the same way.

All words are only as good or bad as they are perceived.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Well I say "F-N" instead of friggin'. I suppose mine sounds worse even though both are not the real thing.

 

[disykat]

I didn't know it was a word!

 

[Fantasia Girl]

LOL disykat!! It is a pretty common word where I live!

Although I had no idea that it was in the dictionary Robinrs! Thanks for the info.

 

[zurgswife]

I say Fuddruckers.......when I really am serious about not swearing....

 

[Buckalew]

Yeah, I think of it as a bad word. My BIL replaces the F word with the word "frappin". He is a high school coach so he is around high schoolers all the time and he picks up on all their words. This year it is "frappin" this and "frappin" that. I think I respect him a bit more if he didn't talk the way he does.
I say the word crap... I know I have offended some by my use of it. My parents were always so strict about "bad words". For some reason I was allowed to say "crap" and "God" as in "Oh my God". It is a very hard habit to break.

 

[caitycaity]

no i don't think it is a bad word.

you should check out the good word/bad word thread on the db. there i learned that some people think "fart" is a bad work, which absolutelt astounded me.

 

[NHAnn]

I kind of cringe when I hear it, but less than when I hear the real "F-bomb" (as DD, 16 calls it ). I feel the same about "freaking" and the latest, as heard from eavesdropping on teenage conversations : "fracking ". I guess because like other posters have said, it really MEANS the other ("F-bomb").
That being said, in a major vent to DH a few weeks ago, sputtering about a situation/person at work, I used the term "freaking idiot'" to describe someone ....then heard DD in the next room say to her friend on the phone "whoa, my MOM just dropped an F-bomb"

 

[Buckalew]

Hey, didn't Fred Flintstone used to say "fracking"?

 

[Judy from Boise]

I use the work "suck", and forget that some poeple consider it a semi-swear word. I know i used it a few times in lecture ( private Christian univ )and got very startled looks !

 

[Fantasia Girl]

I say crap sometimes too, although I feel it is more of a "bad word" than friggin...I'm not sure why.

Thanks caitycaity, I'll check out the DB board thread, although I am usually too scared to post there! Fart...a "bad word" Oh Boy!