What makes you curse?

[SilentMute]

Now, I'm not talking about people who use profanity as a substitute for a noun, verb, or adjective all the time. I'm talking about people like me: nice, mild-mannered, generally doesn't have a potty-mouth--except....

I've recently gotten a Wii. A video game that included several sports games was included in the package. Initially, I just played it to test out the console to see if it worked. However, I wound up getting addicted to tennis, baseball, and golf.

Normally, I don't curse...but I started playing the sports games, and suddenly I was cursing a blue streak. Particularly golf. I miss my birdie chance and:cuss:. My Mii loses in a water sports game, and I'm like, "*&@#$%&*@#! How could you lose to a @#$%?! He doesn't even come from a country that has a body of water! The first time he was exposed to water is when the row boat he shared with fifty other people started sinking! And you lose to him?!"

Frankly, I've been shocked by myself. It isn't so much the cursing but this aggression that is coming forward. I've always been one to disapprove of how people act at sporting events--particularly parents. Here I am yelling at some stick-figured character with doughy eyes on a TV screen.

Of course, one of the appeals of gaming for me is that it allows me to vent my less attractive personality traits in an appropriate way. Nothing releases my anger better than beating up some drugged out Mii opponent in Wii boxing, or maybe running over or shooting a few pedestrians in Grand Theft Auto.

The only problem is that I'm going to be participating in group play with some much younger friends on Xbox Live at the end of the month. So now I'm trying to cure myself of my potty mouth. Of course, I don't curse as much with my Xbox games. I guess I should stay away from group play when it comes to Wii sports, though.:D

[ClaesGefvenberg]

I'm talking about people like me: nice, mild-mannered, generally doesn't have a potty-mouth--except....Well... A couple of weeks back I was calmly minding my own business while biking to work, when all of a sudden a lorry driver forgot that there is a substantial number of yards of lorry behind the cabin: He simply turned in after passing me and bumped me off the road :yikes:. I was not hurt, but it sent me into a rage that must have been something to behold, not to mention listening to. :mad5: Needless to say, I released a string of profanity I did not even know I was capable of... :blush:

/Claes

[Lulim]

Oh yes, traffic makes me curse a lot, too. I try to restrain myself when I'm not driving alone though ...

[OrphanPip]

I swear at video games a lot, I also accuse them of cheating. In general, I swear at inanimate objects quite often when they don't do what they're supposed to do, which is usually followed by me hurling said object into the trash.

[Paulclem]

The computer with those smarmy messages and inappropriately timed coffee breaks it has whilst it's loading up pages.

I do find swearing is good pain relief- you know when you trap your toe under the door or catch your skin in the hinge of pliers.

Swearing - also quite amusing, to an unsophisticated fellow like myself, when others do it.

[dafydd manton]

About the only thing that makes me swear - I try hard not to - is anybody hurting somebody that I love, when it is deliberate. That makes me see red.

[Paulclem]

About the only thing that makes me swear - I try hard not to - is anybody hurting somebody that I love, when it is deliberate. That makes me see red.

Quite right.

[Serena03]

Who forbade these 'curse' words and why are words of similar meaning more permissible to say? I swear all the time quietly to myself, but it will slip out often enough as either casual talk or out of anger obliviously.

[hazelk]

I curse when drivers ahead do not use their indicator lights.:reddevil:

[SilentMute]

@ClaesGefvenberg--I'm glad you weren't hurt!

@OrphanPip--I know that feeling too. I can't seem to trigger this event in my Ju-on game to get the last mystery piece which will let me unlock the last level. I swear I've already gotten it, but I don't think the game registered it somehow. But I'll refrain from throwing it. I like my Wii. And I like my game.

@Serena03--yeah, I wonder the same thing. I mean, if a person says, "Oh, butternuts!"--okay, the word is lame, but it is said in the same spirit as a curse word. I sometimes wish they would let us curse--though I have to admit I don't like hearing it all the time myself. But we don't have to do it purposely, but the occasional outburst....

One of the young friends I'll be playing online with in a couple of weeks was impressed when a teacher said, "D***!" I was like, "D*** is considered a curse word?! I thought that was allowable! F***! Oh, s***! I said f***! Oh, f***! I said s***! Oh, s***! I said f*** and s*** again!"

It can become a vicious cycle trying to watch your potty mouth.

[MANICHAEAN]

Cursing, cussing, swearing, profanities, its all part of the English language. In fact I've known those from other countries & cultures who take great pride in the evocative depth, range & perverse beauty of their swearing vocab & delivery.

Also of some interest is the national traits in swearing in different countries. Thus a lot of Germanic swearing appears to relate to the area of the glutus maximus, the French with animal manure & the English with the "f" word.

I always admire those that swear in an original way and dont just interject "f" into every second word.

One of my favourites is to hear some well deserving individual being called

"a ragged a---d i--------e".

I leave you to ponder on that one at your leisure with appropriate discretion.

[TurquoiseSunset]

Oh yes, traffic makes me curse a lot, too. I try to restrain myself when I'm not driving alone though ...

Yup, me too.


In general, I swear at inanimate objects quite often when they don't do what they're supposed to do, which is usually followed by me hurling said object into the trash.

Ditto.

I usually curse the foosball ball or myself when effing up an easy move.
...yes, I play foosball :D

[ClaesGefvenberg]

@ClaesGefvenberg--I'm glad you weren't hurt!Thank you. So was I once I had calmed down, because I really was very very lucky. At first I was to incensed to even think that far. :blush:

/Claes

[Scheherazade]

The worst I use is "stupid" I think and the number of stupids I line up usually depends on how annoyed I am.

If I am really annoyed at someone, then, I might add an "idiot" after the "stupid"... And this usually happens while I am driving.

HazelK> Drivers who do not signal get on my nerves too!

[TurquoiseSunset]

The worst I use is "stupid" I think and the number of stupids I line up usually depends on how annoyed I am.

If I am really annoyed at someone, then, I might add an "idiot" after the "stupid"... And this usually happens while I am driving.

Wish I could break the habit once and for all and be like that...

[OrphanPip]

Also of some interest is the national traits in swearing in different countries. Thus a lot of Germanic swearing appears to relate to the area of the glutus maximus, the French with animal manure & the English with the "f" word.


Haha, swearing in Quebec French is pretty much only blasphemies. The excrement related profanities are considered more mild. It is interesting how different cultures, even those closely related like Quebec and France, have developed different forms of cursing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_French_profanity

[SilentMute]

One of my favourites is to hear some well deserving individual being called

"a ragged a---d i--------e".

I leave you to ponder on that one at your leisure with appropriate discretion.

I'm not familiar with that one.:D


The worst I use is "stupid" I think and the number of stupids I line up usually depends on how annoyed I am.

If I am really annoyed at someone, then, I might add an "idiot" after the "stupid"... And this usually happens while I am driving.

You know, it is odd. I think I would rather be cursed at than be called stupid or an idiot. Somehow being cursed at seems less insulting.

[Paulclem]

To swear is human.
To forgive is...

a good idea bcause you'll be doing it too in the future when you next trap your finger or burn your forearm on the oven or bang you toes on the edge of the bath or all the hundreds of minor pains that arise... or when you have a close brush like Claes

[The Comedian]

There are two primary occasions for my swearing.

Occasion 1: At myself, "God damn Comedian, you stupid son of *****!"

Occasion 2: When I'm around my high school and/or college friends. Then it's potty mouth time. Curses as nouns, verbs, adjectives, articles, relative pronouns, gerunds etc. . .

[BienvenuJDC]

I don't curse...

[River Boy]

Computers!

[Delta40]

did anyone see that episode on Mythbusters where they tested the use of profanities to cope with pain vs any random lists of words. Profanities increase endurance.....fascinating

[Paulclem]

did anyone see that episode on Mythbusters where they tested the use of profanities to cope with pain vs any random lists of words. Profanities increase endurance.....fascinating

I saw that. It's true. Swearing after pain can then lead to humour too.

I had a dicky ankle for a while which would turn at inappropriate moments. If you've had it, you'll know it's painful. Anyway - arm in arm with my wife round the local shops where we know lots of nice respectable people, I twisted the ankle and the inevitable flurry of rather choice words issued - as if by magic - from my mouth. My wife quickly stemmed the torrent by punching me a few times in the kidneys, in that surreptitious way ladies have, whilst hissing "stop swearing" at me and smiling at the many people we knew locally who had suddenly appeared outside the newagents.

I did laugh - a while after.

[MANICHAEAN]

Orphan

My first wife was French & through her & the inlaws, I became fully aquainted with the word "merde". There were a few more exotic ones but I found this sufficed as an expression of basic annoyance.

SM
And I not enlighten you!

Regards
M

[Clio08]

People make me swear. Especially incompetent or very pushy, obnoxious ones....

[papayahed]

I tend to swear when driving and most recently because of coworkers.

[L.M. The Third]

I mentally say damn, but have so far managed to keep it mental, except for once, in the presence of a very saintly individual.

[JuniperWoolf]

EVERYTHING. I love swearing, and I'll eloquently defend my passion if you really want me to. Just throwing out a good curse, it's a great emphasis and and I really dig the style invoked. The emotions involved with swear words are so strong and versatile, just for a second think of the many definitions and tones that can be applied to my very favourite four-letter F word. Swearing... emotionally charged, scoffed at, historically rich, taboo, makes a deep impression, and all it is is a word! From a linguistic point of view, what's not to love?

So what makes me swear? I could spend less time explaining what prevents me from swearing. As long as I'm not on litnet or surrounded by old biddies and children's mothers, it's no language barred. I will use a "swear word" as frequently as the standard variety, as needed (I don't over-do it for the sake of the word itself, just like how I don't use words like "hodge-podge" or "effervescent" when I don't have to even though I like them).

[dafydd manton]

EVERYTHING. I love swearing, and I'll eloquently defend my passion if you really want me to. Just throwing out a good curse, it's a great emphasis and and I really dig the style invoked. The emotions involved with swear words are so strong and versatile, just for a second think of the many definitions and tones that can be applied to my very favourite four-letter F word. Swearing... emotionally charged, scoffed at, historically rich, taboo, makes a deep impression, and all it is is a word! From a linguistic point of view, what's not to love?

Monotonous, unimaginative repetition? Boredom? That the novelty wore off 40 years ago? That it's so over-used it creates little impression - even small schoolchildren use it - but much irritation?

[breathtest]

Now, I'm not talking about people who use profanity as a substitute for a noun, verb, or adjective all the time. I'm talking about people like me: nice, mild-mannered, generally doesn't have a potty-mouth--except....

I've recently gotten a Wii. A video game that included several sports games was included in the package. Initially, I just played it to test out the console to see if it worked. However, I wound up getting addicted to tennis, baseball, and golf.

Normally, I don't curse...but I started playing the sports games, and suddenly I was cursing a blue streak. Particularly golf. I miss my birdie chance and:cuss:. My Mii loses in a water sports game, and I'm like, "*&@#$%&*@#! How could you lose to a @#$%?! He doesn't even come from a country that has a body of water! The first time he was exposed to water is when the row boat he shared with fifty other people started sinking! And you lose to him?!"

Frankly, I've been shocked by myself. It isn't so much the cursing but this aggression that is coming forward. I've always been one to disapprove of how people act at sporting events--particularly parents. Here I am yelling at some stick-figured character with doughy eyes on a TV screen.

Of course, one of the appeals of gaming for me is that it allows me to vent my less attractive personality traits in an appropriate way. Nothing releases my anger better than beating up some drugged out Mii opponent in Wii boxing, or maybe running over or shooting a few pedestrians in Grand Theft Auto.

The only problem is that I'm going to be participating in group play with some much younger friends on Xbox Live at the end of the month. So now I'm trying to cure myself of my potty mouth. Of course, I don't curse as much with my Xbox games. I guess I should stay away from group play when it comes to Wii sports, though.:D


this has happened to me while playing Fifa on my ps3. whenever i concede a goal that i shouldn't have conceded i am very liable to start swearing at the machine. i don't know what it is i just get very competitive, even when i'm playing against a darn computer!

[JuniperWoolf]

Monotonous, unimaginative repetition?

Unimaginative? You're English, sir! English slang is masterful! You're on a whole other level of swearing over there. Really, I STILL don't understand what the hell my inlaws are talking about, and I've been submerged in British slang for five years. Any linguist can tell you that every word has a rich history, and learning about them is profoundly interesting. Learning the roots of British swear words is like getting a tour of lower class history, the kind of history that's largely unrepresented in the textbooks. Bang, bloody, barmy, belt up, bladdered, zounds, blimey, bollocks, bonk, brassed off, bugger, clear off, cobblers, daft, duffer, fanny, gagging, get stuffed, keep your pecker up, john thomas, knob, knockers, twit, twat, on the job, pissed, prat, roger, shag, slag off, slapper, smeg, sod off, stiffy, todger, tosser, wanker... unimaginative? Rubbish!

[dafydd manton]

Oh, I ******* well agree some of them are ******* ace, but I'm ******* if I can bother to listen to some **** saying **** all the ******* time. It gets on your ****, for ***** sake!

Oh, and I'm not ******* English, I'm ******* Welsh, thank ****. Different kettle of ******* fish all to ******* gether! (*******!!)

[MANICHAEAN]

Juniper
You managed to use all those words without once triggering the Lit Net alarm. Congratulations & whats the secret as I regularly activate it & get the ***?

Daf
We were informed on site here yesterday that we have 26 different nationalities employed on the Project. Upon viewing the results displayed on a pie chart, we had the Scots, Welsh & Irish contingents e-mailing the Admin Dept explaining how they took offence to being classified as English.There was also a Geordie Commissioning Manager who was sorely tempted!

[dafydd manton]

And too right. Any more of these shenanigans, and I shall swear in Welsh! Lets see Admin sort that one out!!!