Aspies For Freedom

I tend to use expletives but that's how I express myself. I try not to swear in work if I can help it but the air does sometimes get a little blue.

I agree with Silky and Alfred. I loathe the idea that if something isn't right for five-year-olds it can't be right for anyone.  We don't wear children's clothing and don't play with children's toys, so why must we confine ourselves to their verbal expressions?

I've found that Americans seem to be far more hung up on strong language than we are in the UK. Do I swear? Absofuckinglutey!

Max and Silky-Im with you guys ALL the way on this one. I presume that the reason why parents,teachers, and those who are involved with children on a regular basis refer to swearing as adult language and discourage other adults form swearing around kids is because they assume children immitate(which they do). Moreover-I think its because they think that if kids are exposed to constant swearing, they themselves will think that is "Ok" to talk that way and adults are trying to condition kids into not using language that is considered "offensive" in "our culture".

I admit that I swear like a sailor. Once someone told me that I have a "getto mouth"
IMO, the way black americans swear is by far the most amusing and the most potently expressive.
e.g.: "back the f*%k up motherf*#ker or I'm a flatten your punk ***!"

Actually, does anyone else here make use of "MthrF*&#" at all?

Well do you say motherf**ker like sistah?

..wow, SF. you actually say all those all the time? hell, if i said all those at once, my mom'll kill me. i can't even say "f**k" around her without her saying "don't say that!" or something like that.

when i was younger, i thought swearing was bad, now i sometimes do it [fav. word is "s**t" and sometimes just blurt it out sometimes]

~Kaz ^(+.+)^

So Silky, how exactly do you define 'swear words'? Its my understanding that swear words are simply words that are socially unacceptable to use in most (social)occasions. In American(bourgeois)culture, bodily functions and sex are considered uncouth-and so its not acceptable to talk openly about them.Hence slangwords for genitals and bodily functions are regarded as swear words.

I try not to swear too much on the forums, but it happens occasionally. My mom says that I "could make a sailor cover his ears". I usually don't swear unless I have a good reason, but sometimes I'll spout often inappropriate phrases I've heard before without even realizing it, but luckily I'm almost always alone when I do it. I think it may be some sort of echolalia.

Also when people are *** drivers, that gets my foul mouth going.

Sounds like you just answered your own question, Ziyaret.

The words for bodily functions etc that have been defined as "swear" words aren't always used to mean bodily functions etc. They are also used as expletives.

An American comedian once similarly made the case that "***" isn't much of a taboo word "Even mom says ***" he said "'Oh, ***! I burned the chicken!'"

I remember when I was about four years old I heard my mother say "Damn!" when she couldn't get the heater started. I was terrified she would go to hell for saying it.

My values have changed...

I was listening to a song on the radio and they censored "god" but they didnt censor "damn". this seriously disturbed me for two reasons. one, none of those words need to be deleteded in the first place, and two, they deleted the lessor word...stupid idiots.

Until recently, the word "***" was to be found in the Bible.

I think there are many instances when young children take great glee in the utterance of words which are essentially relatively tame.