unfortunately, yes. and when i read certain books, like WoT, i find myself using their swear words. i try to cut down on my cussing, because a lot of people take offense.

I never cuss, if some one scares me I might make the sound of the first three letters of a word. I think it has something to do with age, the older you get the less you cuss.

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If all you do is look to the future you might trip on a rock.

Alot. Like it just slips out. That's a really bad habit. Cause yeah, it's become the way i speak.. like an embedded accent. -_-;

Haha, sorry for the late reply, but I thought I have to share this one with you...

First thing I thought when reading the title was "What the f*** does cuss mean?" (english isn't my native language, and my vocabulary isn't that great...), so yeah, you get the picture...

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"But why?"
"Because I can."

"OMFG, DON'T STAND IN THE FIRE!!!"

Me: Darn it, it makes me so mad I feel like swearing!
Mom: Uh, honey, you're seventeen, you can swear if you want to.
Me: *Gives her the 'are you out of your mind' look*

Answer the question?

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I go away and suddenly the spammers are the mods. Okay, I can adjust to that, but... Gorath?! And what's up with Mam's not being the top poster?

210 days until I'm legal, Indy!

ZombieKing ihas been challenged! Now it's between him, Blissful_wulf and Mamsmilk. And maybe Dr. Love.

My kids are starting to swear WAY too much. I'm not one to care about an occasional cuss word when you slam your fingers in the door or whatever, but they've gotten in the habit of using certain words ALL THE TIME. Gotta love jr. high.

(Yes...I do tell them to stop because I just don't like hearing those words all the time. I don't want to make it forbidden & therefore cool but I'm also really REALLY tired of hearing some of their favorite words.)

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"[English] not only borrows words from other languages; it has on occasion chased other languages down dark alley-ways, clubbed them unconscious and rifled their pockets for new vocabulary."
-James Nicoll, can.general, March 21, 1992

I curse often. But I've been trying to cut back to give my curse words more impact. So I can have those words people are just like "woah" to.

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The kids aren't allowed to swear at any of the houses in my family, but they do it in private. I guess seventeen marks the appropriate age, though, because I remember my sister swearing at my age. Maybe she told me I could swear because she knows I won't do it often, if at all.

Now, my Mama has a friend that won't let her kids swear with the exception of one word, which she doesn't believe to be a bad word.

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I go away and suddenly the spammers are the mods. Okay, I can adjust to that, but... Gorath?! And what's up with Mam's not being the top poster?

210 days until I'm legal, Indy!

ZombieKing ihas been challenged! Now it's between him, Blissful_wulf and Mamsmilk. And maybe Dr. Love.

Weeellll I can't completely ban swearing, because I do it now & then, but I do try to save it for those times that REALLY seem to call for it. And now that I have my foster baby, I'm a lot more likely to let loose with something like "frickety frackety freaking HECK!!" than real swear words.

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"[English] not only borrows words from other languages; it has on occasion chased other languages down dark alley-ways, clubbed them unconscious and rifled their pockets for new vocabulary."
-James Nicoll, can.general, March 21, 1992

Around here it's 'do as I say, not as I do' when it comes to swearing. It's one of those 'wait until you're older and you've earned the right' things as well. And also, the word 'freaking' isn't allowed by that one Mom because she says it's a substitue for something else.

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I go away and suddenly the spammers are the mods. Okay, I can adjust to that, but... Gorath?! And what's up with Mam's not being the top poster?

210 days until I'm legal, Indy!

ZombieKing ihas been challenged! Now it's between him, Blissful_wulf and Mamsmilk. And maybe Dr. Love.

@shatteredsoul

Goodamn! You've been a posting spree have you not? That's what happens when you go on a three month hiatus!!

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"“That's the difference between me and the rest of the world!
Happiness isn't good enough for me! I demand euphoria!” "

I try to avoid that "do as I say, not as I do" as much as possible; not only would I feel like a hypocrite, my kids would call me one. Yes, of course "freaking" is a substitute, but I'd much rather hear a two-year-old (or a 13-year-old, or any age really) say "oh freak" than what it's a substitute for. Words like "heck" and "darn" are substitutes as well.

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"[English] not only borrows words from other languages; it has on occasion chased other languages down dark alley-ways, clubbed them unconscious and rifled their pockets for new vocabulary."
-James Nicoll, can.general, March 21, 1992

Yes, and I"m so happy to be back! But how did you know it's been three months?

@TofuQueen

Around here, we try not to call our parents too many names because they'll retaliate. I like to think we sort of go with the flow. They'll let some things slide, but if we start taking it for granted... suddenly our parents have a sharper side that we realized. You'd never know how many flaws you have until suddenly you've got a group of adults pointing them out because you overstepped your boundaries.

I do agree that substitutions are better than the actual things, and I myself happen to use the substitutes and have for a couple years at least. My Aunt has been learning the hard way that substituting is sometimes best because her four year old will copy her (sometimes even correct!)

Example:
Aunt: Oh, f...
Four year old: Mommy, you don't say f...

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I go away and suddenly the spammers are the mods. Okay, I can adjust to that, but... Gorath?! And what's up with Mam's not being the top poster?

210 days until I'm legal, Indy!

ZombieKing ihas been challenged! Now it's between him, Blissful_wulf and Mamsmilk. And maybe Dr. Love.

I just looked at your post history... its been about 3-4 months.

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"“That's the difference between me and the rest of the world!
Happiness isn't good enough for me! I demand euphoria!” "

I didnt use to... but now im pretty bad i didnt even used to use the S word but now im even saying the F word when im REALLY mad. i guess i dont swear alot around my friendthough cause usually their like"You cuss?! No f*in way!!" XD normally i dont since ALOT of ppl are like "omg what did you just say?!" *glares* "Cussing isnt good!" me> @_@ jeebus some ppl really freak out. thats why i use jeebus instead of jesus and fugly instead of.....

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"Man, because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then he dies having never really lived."- Dalai lama