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Thank-you everyone...a great group of answers.
posted by
Kabu
on February 20, 2021 at 11:51 AM
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That is a really cute swearing story...My favorite starts with an F.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on February 20, 2021 at 9:04 AM
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There was no swearing/cussing in our house when I was little. I enjoyed hearing about your mom and how your parents brought up their children to not cuss. We were not even allowed to use the word "hate." We had to say "dislike." I can certainly relate to your interesting post, and all of them are so fun to read.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on February 19, 2021 at 7:40 PM
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I never really cussed much when I was younger, and then I married a sailor. The "F" bomb flew from their mouths like it was just any other ordinary word. After being around people who use the word so much, I now have a tendency to use it here and there, but I refrain from saying it when I am around my mother.
posted by
Sherri_G
on February 19, 2021 at 4:35 PM
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That's supposed to be "Ho Hum Crap". LOL
posted by
TAPS.
on February 19, 2021 at 2:43 PM
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Love the story about your mom. We were not cussers in my family thanks to my Dad who hated it but once in a while when something really got to him he would burst out with "Ho Mum Crap" and then he would go for a long walk to cool off.
posted by
TAPS.
on February 19, 2021 at 2:42 PM
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Kabu, I have never been one to use swear words. I've been surrounded by children for most of my life and I never wanted them to hear bad words. A couple times my little ones have used a bad word and then they get a lecture from Grandma. I tell them that they have learned many words in school and if they can't find one of them to express themselves then we have a major problem. At this point, not one of them will use a bad word around me.
If I get so mad that I do use a bad word the whole house stops instantly. My daughter will go out and get in her car and leave. My grandchildren will stop whatever they are doing because they know it's about to get ugly. If I'm using a bad word I am ready to go to war and nobody wants to be present for that. It's not pretty. I try to never get to this point.
I will say the worst description that I will use on somebody that is despicable is "low-life, slime-sucking pond scum". If I have cause to use those words something is terribly wrong and again I'm ready to go to war. My children once asked me why I came up with those particular words and I told them it was the worst possible words I could think of for someone that had crossed the bridge of no return.
I think I made my answer too long.
posted by
Goldiec
on February 19, 2021 at 1:59 PM
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My daughters are both petite, very well educated, and charming. They also
swear like sailors upon occasion. There are times the air turns blue. They drop F-bombs when the occasion calls for it, with no apology to anyone. Recently my son found a meme, a picture of an owl. A classy woman who uses the F-bomb when she's angry is said to suffer from "irritable owl syndrome." I've been known to use any number of profane or obscene words at times, even though Mama used to say using everyday curse words instead of the exact thing you are mad about is phonetically lazy.
posted by
Pat_B
on February 19, 2021 at 1:31 PM
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