Do you cuss like a sailor?
 

I didn't notice it until last night, but sitting around at my friends house playing a drinking game, I realized I swear entirely too much.

The first rule of the game that was made was "everytime you cuss, you have to take a drink".

So, here I am, and woops I say "fuck".....someone catches me and I drop the GD bomb as I take a swig, then I say "shit" when I realize I have to drink another. So thats three drinks for one initial fuck up.

So now I'm more conscious about it today, and I do swear an awful lot. Luckily, its only around close friends and not so much around the older people or girls so much. I find I can bite my tongue then.

So what about you? Do you cuss like a sailor?

Note: I searched the forums and didn't see any topic like this, if I missed something, lock this one.

yupp, I swear almost every other fucking word. literally.

doesn't bother me or anyone I give two shits about one bit.

"Know you're audience" Thats all I have to say.

No, but my newest roommmate does, and it's really annoying. Of course, that could be because he's entirely disrespectful about it - listening to him refer to someone he just slept with last night as "the bitch" isn't the most encouraging thing.

I tend to say fuck a lot.

"What the fuck?!"

"Fuck this shit"

"Fuck That shit"

"Fuck!!"

etc, etc, etc

everyone i know swears like navvies. but the important thing is you stop when you're addressing the boss, or when you're on the phone to someone important.

This is something I have been trying to reduce. When I swear, it isn't even conscious - just slips out. When I write, it doesn't occur to me to include swearing, so it isn't part of how I express myself. I think it just takes a little attention.

Yes, I swear WAY to much even for just being around friends. I can usually hold back if I have to, but it takes a lot of effort.

It gets to be a problem too, because one of my friends is christian, and while he doesn't mind my toned down swearing I use around him, if we ever see his friends(who are all church goers) most don't appreciate if I slip and say 'Jesus Fucking Christ!' when something crazy happens or I get pissed.

It's just a bad habbit for me, but most of my family and friends swear too, so it's hard to stop.

I swear way too much. I've tried to be more conscious of it but when I hurt myself or find out some bad news my initial reaction is a string of profanities that sometimes shock even Ratbastid, who's lived with this for 12 years.

I'll swear every now and then when I'm with some good friends. Otherwise, never.

Not too much like a sailor, I just swear when I mess something up or need to "express" myself really well. I really try not to, but that usually ends in me going "Shit!... I mean shoot!" Also, when I injure myself, I swear like a zillion sailors.

Mostly I just think it's cute.

Yesterday an item at the grocery store rang up significantly higher than lurkette expected, and the first words out of her mouth (in front of cashiers, little old ladies, kids, God, and Everybody) was "Holy CRAP!"

I was giggling about that for an hour or so. :D

"Crap" isn't a swear word. If I'd said "son of a bitch that's expensive" that would have been worth giggling over. Or "holy bleeding fuck!" Or "unfuckingbelievable!"

heh...i use swearwords just like any other, pretty much.

*i* don't think there's anything wrong with them...

...however, i've no problem refraining from 'profanity' in inappropriate situations either. :)

i heard someone once say,"well shit god damn hell fuck"
when they got upset about something and that stcuk with me!
now i say it all the time!

i try to use the word cunt as much as possible too cause thats the greatest word in the english dictionary!
so ya,i guess i cuss like a mother fucker!

hell, I fuckin swear all the time around my friends when I'm not on the damn internet - I'm on the fuckin thing entirely way too damn much. shit. when I'm around the family, or other peoples (read: girls' dorms), I tend not to fuckin swear at all, or very very little when I do. though if you look around on the 'net (I forgot the link, twas from a while ago), there's a flash anim someone did for the monty python sketch "usage of the word 'fuck' ". very good stuff. "as almost every word in the sentence - fuck the fucking fuckers". hilarious fucking shit, that.

Depends who I'm with. I have a nasty habit of swearing too much, but thankfully I can turn it on and off at will. I sometimes swear like a trooper, and others times I use the "holy cow"'s and "tough luck"'s. :)

I'm always careful that I know who I'm swearing like a trooper around though. Once I know whether someone is offended by swearing or not, than I can decide whether to let the expletives fly.

meh!...I swear as I see fit.

I swear occasionally. Only time I swear a lot is when I'm joking around with friends. Like the day we included 'mo' fugga' in everything we could.

"Hey Jon, shut up. Stupid mo' fugga"

Yeah, we were hella gangsta yo.

I dont really swear that much

I am a sailor :D

Abso-fucking-lutely, but I can control myself when I need to. No matter how articulate you are, if you curse a lot, people tend to take your opinions less seriously.

less and less.
so when I do, it means something's up.

I do on a regular basis, but like most, am capable of 'turning it off' when need be...a friends fav. line is 'Shitgoddamn' and I use that a lot when I hurt myself...

Just know who your talking to.

And yes i do :)

I swear way too much. It's gotten me in trouble, but I can keep it in line when i'm talking to my girlfriend or family members..most of the time.

I only swear when Im injured or angry.

i try not to, but sometimes, you just need to use a cuss word

Only in the right company/audience.

Somtimes using too much profanity makes you appear a little dumb though, so there is some moderation of it.

I used to, but I am working on it. Every third word use to be an f-bomb, but I think with age I am getting out of it.

Yes. I cuss a lot. I cuss most when I'm gaming.. a friend and I usually talk on the phone while we play, and we're usually barking GD or fuck about every 45 seconds or so when we die.. I usually have no issues containing it in public or at work.

I do swear a lot. I contain myself in certain situations though. It's just so easy and the words just come out.

I swear a lot also. My parents never reprimanded me for swearing, I've been doing it since I was really young. But I never got in trouble for it at school or whatever. I knew when and where I could swear, namely when I was alone with my family.

Funny story about me cussing as a kid too. So I'm five years old, and I'm in the car with my family. We drive by the house of a girl in my kindergarten class (I recognize it since it's where she gets off the school bus). Her name's Katie. I don't like Katie very much. I say, to no one in particular, "Hey, that's where Katie lives!" I then proceed to roll down my window, stick my hand out, raise the middle finger, and scream "Fuck you, Katie!!" at the top of my lungs.

My parents, in the front seat, each have a smirk on their face. They look at one another, sort of baffled. My dad turns to me and asks, "Son, why'd you do that?"

"She's a bitch!"

True story.

not around kids, but I am fluent in the language of longshoremen. I do have more restraint these days though...

this is fucking exactly what i was gonna say.

thanks SiN

:)

http://www.aestheticdesigns.net/funn...erenglish.html


they swear a lot in that link, so I dunno if you should play it at work, but it's 100% true :D

Yeah I do at times although I'm pretty careful around the kids and at work. Our boss, in particular, gets offended by bad language, so it pays to be careful.

I swear tons, as does my gf. We swear freely around our kid and she is well aware that those are "grown-up" swear words and she can say "Kid" swear words like crap or dork or doofus, etc. I really try not to be a hypocrite to my child...I want her to know who I am besides Daddy. I think that's a problem with many families....they don't let their kids learn who they are as ppl and keep this facade of another person that hides their humanity.
My kid has never sworn in public or embarrased us by picking up our "bad" habits. She understands the words are for grown-ups and she doesn't use them.

Does he know my husband? Because he refers to his own father as "The Bitch" and just about every female, also, which may be why we're divorcing.....but anyhoo, i never swore until I met my husband, God's honest truth, and now that I'm with an old freind of mine, he's found it rather Twilight-esque that i now swear like a sailor, but he's learning to cope.

Mother Fucker.

Damn hell ass bitch when appropriate. I try not to drop the F-Bombs in public, I mostly fail that on the internet because it feels so private talking to people from my room though, noone really minds either. Besides, offending christians is great fun. Otherwise I do a good job holding back the F-Bombs and other curses.

its been brought to my attention that i swear altogether too much, especially when i´m out on the squirt.

so, i pledge here on this fine thread, that i´ll make a conscious effort to cut out the potty mouth.

at least i´ll my hardest.

Fuck that shit, "swear" words are just like any other fucking words, it's just that people are too damn sensitive nowadays.

Growing up my parents were super strict about swear words or even slag such as "darn". I learned not to speak with them and it actually feels strange to swear most of the time. Last time I went out with a friend of mine and had a few drinks, when we got home she was teasing me and bugging me. I was feeling a little groggy and irritated with her and told her to "shut the f*k up". She was surprised by it because I never say anything like that. Even in my tipsy state I took notice and didn't forget what I'd said. Swearing, in my opinion, is a learned habit. I love words and word etymology so I like searching for new words that I can use at times of frustration. I don't end up slipping around the kids that I have here constantly and I don't offend the parents or those kids. Just safer to watch my language constantly.

Oh yeah, all too much, just not around the kids (unless I'm really pissed). When I started working at my current job, I made it a point not to, and my boss swore like a sailor(female), so I eventually broke down and started swearing. Also, the more stress I'm under (work or home), I tend to let the 4 letter words fly more often...

Its wierd... but growing up my parents NEVER swore. So, being the good little kid. I never did either. I enlisted in the Army and after 8 years of this I still never swore. But, now I have started listening to some of the music of today.... every other word in it is a swear word. So, I am singing along to the songs and notice that I sound stupid editing myself when i sing . I am only saying half the words... So, I started singing the cuss words too. At first it was really strange for me to do this. Now I have no problem cutting loose to Marilyn Manson's "New Shit"

Are you Mother Fuckers ready????? hahaha
For the new shit!!!!!!!


The bad part is now some of the "lesser" cuss words like "hell, damn, shit" are starting to creep into my vocabulary. So, here I am 37 years old and just starting up my cussing career.

Wish me luck!!!!

NO damnit I don't swere like a fucking sailor


usualy anyways... the other day it slipped and I said fucking thiefs in front of my grandma heh ahh well

I'm 32 and I think that my generation and generations after me hold cussing in a different light than generations older than us. IMO -- Swearing does not hold the same connotation as it once did. Therefore we tend to let the "F" bomb slip a bit more or when we are in the approriate company. Anyone else agree?

I try and watch my mouth in public. i just find it disrespectful to maybe be swearing in front of someones grandma. but on the other hand i grew up on navy bases. i used to go fishing with old school navy chiefs all summer during my early to mid teens so i learned to swear from the best.

p.s. dammit spec you stole my absofuckinglutely

Re: Do you cuss like a sailor?
 

You fuckin bet I do.

As an Irishman I have to say yes.

Mr Mephisto

i refrain for swearing alot of the time, im more likely to substitute a word that sounds similar to the actual swear than say the swear

I would say that I swear excessively, but I can control it when I need to.

definately do at times, but like what other people are saying i can talk without cussing when i dont want to. sometimes they slip out when theyre not supposed to

:lol: :lol:

i curse more than anybody i know. i curse a lot and don't know why. it's just me. i even curse when writing things to motivate.

I've been amused how at different offices people not just cuss more than others, but they use more crude, direct, blunt language. Where I used to work, it was not uncommon for the big boss to just announce, "I'm going down the hall to take a piss." Cussing was used alot, but only where appropriate, e.g. "Man, I wish he would have told me he was fucking his secretary before we took this case." etc...
Now, I really have to watch my mouth, and a minor irritation that elicits a "Shit!" under my breath gets me horrified looks. So, my cussing has definitely gone down recently.

All the time. Often im not aware of it.

Only in the presence of my close friends ... damnit.

I used to swear a lot more than I do now...but sometimes it just naturally fits into how I'm trying to express myself. Goddamn, while it probably offends more people than any other word on the planet, is one of my favourite words. Still, I'm getting much better. I can't remember the last time I used "fuck" outside of the bedroom.

I swear quite a bit when in the company of family or friends.
I think it's better to say what you mean, rather than substituting milder versions for the sake of politeness.

"Cheese and crackers!! That is friggin' stupid!"

Say it like you mean it!

I am getting worse ... oh well.

A girl I worked with once (at a swimming pool, teaching kids lessons, so swearing was inapropriate) had a hard time with her language. She was trying to hold her toungue around the kids, but one day let the word "shit" slip.

Then in frustration of having sworn, she yells. "Fuck! I gotta stop swearing!"

That was funny.

thats ok....its the thought that counts

haha yes it is

Yeah!! I already had my response planned before I opened this thread, and then I read your post!!

But, yeah, I tend to cuss alot around certain people, and never around others. Just the way it is.

I swear too much. It's gotten to the point now where I barely watch myself in front of my parents, and I slipped the F bomb at church a week ago! I still haven't heard the end of that.... So far I'm still clean around my 91 year old aunt who just moved in though. I've been trying to work on it. For a while, I even had my bf helping me. But he chose the consequence, and the consequence was to flick my boob. So, instead of helping me NOT cuss, he'd try to MAKE me cuss.....

My typical saying is "Shit fuck cock damn" in that order at all times. I dunno why. *shrugs*

Fuck no. I don't fucking cuss like a fucking sailor. Fuck!! That's a fucking insult!

Wait, never fucking mind.

all my friends think i cuss worse than a sailor
i always drop f-bombs

perhaps i should try scaling back, but i don't wanna

I used to swear all the time. But after a while I was in so many situations where it was inappropriate or could get me in trouble, I decided to just stop. It was easier than having to think about every word before saying it.

when i'm not at the office, i'm always swearing

Yeah! I do - I try to watch what I say but sometimes words just pop out!

Ugh, i feel your pain on that one yzerman. that game destroyed me quickly. 'you just said the s-word!' 'shit. .. *drink* fuckin.. *drink again* goddamn.. *drink again* .. yikes..

I do, but I have an excuse... I'm a sailor.

-Mikey

I spout far too much, especially at work. Every few months or years, I notice, think about it, and make an honest effort to clean up my language. It usually lasts a few days...

The biggest problem with profanity is that it's become trite. I'd rather hear something creative...but I tend not to come up with anything, and just use a few words excessively.

"Profanity is the crutch of inarticulate motherfuckers."
--Jerod Enstrom

That's my theory as well. If I swear all the time, how will people know when I am really mad? I like swear words, but you have to use them sparingly or they lose all of their force. My mother *never* swears, but I have heard her say "shit" a couple times, and hot damn you know if she says that she's not messing around.

Also, I think putting 'fuck' into every sentence shrinks your vocabulary. You get to the point where some form of 'fuck' is the only adjective you can bring to mind in casual conversation, which doesn't make you sound intelligent.

Intrestingly enough, I cuss like a sailor when I'm alone and talking to myself. Much more than I do when talking to other people. Maybe the fact that I talk to myself should be what I'm concerned about.

Thats fucking hilarious!!!

Me, I cuss every chance I get... I dont use the GD or the "C" words though. My favorite cuss words are shit fuck damn, which is what I tend to say when something unexpected occurs.

"Well shit fuck damn that kicks fuckin ass!"

sometimes, but only in certain crowds

yeah buddy ive heard sub zero cuss heh and not just a small word here in there im talking goin off cussing

i used to not cuss i dont know what happened

I dont cuss alot...I dunno why. But I do find people that cuss excesively to be rather annoying.