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Hooplehead is hamthrax's bitch
03/01/09

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I could sooner stop breathing. Luckily for me, my boss has a bigger potty mouth than I do.
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ceejeemcbeegee is not here
03/01/09

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I am trying to cut back on the cussin' so here are my fave non-curse curse words:

Cheese and Rice! = Jesus Christ!

Shut the front door = STFU

What the Ham Sammich? = What the Hell?

Heavens to Murgatroid = Oh my God!
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MeganGlass 就是一个古代的三明治
03/02/09

@ceejeemcbeegee: OK, "heavens to murgatroid" is one of the all time classic greats in the history of awesome things that have been said, and should be used at all opportunites.
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Cam/ron
03/01/09

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I'm more in favor of a Don't Be a Blowhard Week. I grew up with too many people who used curse words as meaningless filler - as in, "I was, fucking, ya know, about all that shit until I fucking took the fucking shit up. I mean, fuck."
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MeganGlass 就是一个古代的三明治
03/01/09

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See, this just makes me think of a gal I used to work with who was very anti-swearing, in part because she was mormon. No big, right? But she butted into a conversation of mine once outside of work where cussing was happening, and said something to the effect of "Johns-hopkins has published a study that shows that exposure to obscene language actually diminishes brain activity. I won't stand for your swearing making me stupider".

What followed was probably the most vile stream of profanity that could ever come from my mouth. I mean, really. What nerve!
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goodcheapfun
03/01/09

@MeganGlass: Oh, thank you for that. I think that another poster's sister might need to employ your technique of swear and awe. Fucking right bish ;).
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MeganGlass 就是一个古代的三明治
03/01/09

@goodcheapfun: I'd love to see the study she mentioned. Too bad it cannot conceivably exist. I mean, cussing kills your brain? And there's science to back that up? Not a chance in a hundred hells. I seriously wanted to scar her for life with the filth and blasphemy I puked at her after she butted in like that.
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prettycool
03/01/09

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No way could I not curse. One of my friend and I's stupid schticks is taking an innocuous word/subject and spicing it up with good old crassness.

It typically goes:

1)"You're a ___ass."

2)"You're a ___bitch."

3)"You're a ___cunt."

Hilarity ensues.
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MockMyWorld
03/01/09

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I was all ready to call this kid out for being a smug little jerkoff, and was even going to snark about how his very name sounds like a curse word - "McKay Hatch up your snatch, biyatch!" But then I watched the clip and my grudge evaporated. He has a halfway decent flow!

However, where this subject is concerned I think Marshall Mathers said it best:

Will Smith don't gotta cuss in his raps to sell records. Well I do.

So fuck him and fuck you too.
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f_t_e
03/01/09

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I bet you one billon dollars this kid is Mormon and named after David O. McKay, one of the twelve apostles.

So FUCK YOU AND YOUR CHURCH, MCKAY, I LOVE GAY PEOPLE, PEPSI AND CUSSING.
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SugarSugar
03/01/09

@f_t_e: And coffee! Don't forget coffee!
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NewsBunny
03/01/09

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My grandmother used to prop up us kids in our baby sits and give us candy for completing sentences like:

Daddy is full of (shit)!
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BlondeGrlz
03/01/09

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I missed out on a lot of really good swearing opportunities trying to be polite, since my mother said only people with a poor vocabulary needed to swear.

Then I got a 780 on my SAT vocab and decided she was full of SHIT. Creative swearing is now one of my favorite hobbies.
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kelsium
03/01/09

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"For the frick of doodie," doesn't really have the same ring as, "for the fuck of shit."
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thesciencegirl
03/01/09

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I'm sure I'm in the minority here, but I hate cursing. I never do it. Nevertheless, I'm not sure what this kid's club is going to accomplish.

eh, whatever, he's not hurting anyone.
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NewsBunny
03/01/09

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I love swearing. LOVE IT. I cuss like a motherfucker. I use every word imaginable. If it's filthy, I"m your girl.

I can out-cuss any sailor in the Navy.
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Beat Girl
03/01/09

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I've always wondered if people from other English speaking countries would explode with offence if they came to where I live.

A place where "Get to the bar, you cunt" is the highest of affectionate outbursts.
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kelsium
03/01/09

@Miss Carrie Nation: My best friend in high school's routine greeting for me was "Hey, you fucking slutty bitch!" But then again, Americans are not regarded as among the most polite and mannered peoples of the world.
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Liz11685
03/01/09

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I have been swearing pretty liberally my whole life- as my parents didn't censor around me. There is actually a pretty adorable picture of me at about 4 giving the camera the finger.

However, now my mother calls me out for swearing- saying that it isn't ladylike. I just remind her that calling something "ladylike" goes against her feminist beliefs, and tell her that I learned it from her. I think she just came up with the "unladylike" because she was shocked at how well I string together curse words.
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disco2000
03/01/09

@Liz11685: My husband once joked to me that saying "motherfucker" isn't ladylike. So, give me a ladylike term that rolls off the tongue as well as "motherfucker" and I'll use it.
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disco2000
03/01/09

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Hortense, I thought you added the "Most cyberbullied kid in the world" to the book with photoshop as a joke. I went to the kid's site and was shocked to find that this is a serious marketing strategy. WTF?

Also, there's a link on his site to a book with cussing "alternatives." From the cover, I can see it suggests "pickles," "barnacles," and "sassafras." Now, this brings up my biggest problem with "no cussing" - words like fuck, shit, ass, etc are only bad because society brands them as inappropriate. If "sassafras" was actually legitimately used in the same situations by society, wouldn't it eventually be deemed as inappropriate? Is it the actual sound of the word that is offensive, or the meaning behind it? Why are we fighting against 4 letters?
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