Poll: Do You Swear?

[Queen Michael]

No, I like being original. Yesterday I was really mad at my brother, so I said "You horrible, disgusting little maggot!" I also love the kind of "foul" language they used in comic books in the fifties. Like "Dagnabbit!" or "Gosh darn it!"

 

[otacon]

like a fucking sailor. I don't do it in every sentence like OP said but it is quite frequent. It also depends on the crowd I am in more than anything.

Same here. I'm making a habit of trying to substitute other words for the swears, although this gets more strange looks than if I just swear in the first place -sigh-. :/

My favorite is to swear around children so the parents yell at me which starts an argument. I tell them that I will give them a written apology and money if the convince me that what I did was wrong. They can never do it.

Ok, now I'm just gonna have to try that to see what happens.

 

[child of lileth]

I swear, but not out of anger, and not because I'm like those kids that are think it makes them cool. I just do it out of not being able to find the correct word fast enough, so that way I don't have a pause in my speaking or whatever. Like "There we were, and wouldn't you know it, Donnie Iris walks in. And he thinks he's some kind of god damn big shot." Stuff like that.

 

[DanielDeFig]

only in exceptionally rare cases, if im Extremely upset (hitting your thumb with a hammer is a classic example). I agree, people who swear too frequently really annoys me, but they are the ones that lose. ive met a few people who swear too often, and then they get into a situation when swearwords could make a point, put it loses all meaning cuz everyone filters out those words as meaningless and "normal" for those people.

 

[KimberlyGoreHound]

All the time. I don't swear with every single sentence. For example, if I think something's cool, I'll say 'fuckin' A'. If I can't find something, I'll say 'where the fuck is it?'. If something goes wrong, I'll say 'aw, fuck'.

Sometimes, 'bollocks' will replace it, 'twat' can replace fuckhead, or more minor curses (where the hell, etc) may be used. However, I don't greet friends with 'how the fuck are you?' I don't say 'fuck dude, that's fucking awesome, man, fuck' or any of that shit.

Oh yeah, and shit is my all purpose noun.

In short: I swear a lot, but I don't go overboard.

 

[xanith02100]

No, I don't swear. What the fuck were you thinking? /irony

 

[rex922]

Always but not when having normal conversation unless for emphasis
but when gaming my vocabulary becomes coloured with phrases like:
*****, **** and the classic ****** ******

 

[SomeBoredGuy]

I don't swear a lot, but this video needs to be posted.

 

[Ewyll]

After re-watching the entire battlestar galactica re-imagined series a few months ago, i have to physically stop myself using the work FRAK to stop myself sounding like a total nerd.

 

[benoitowns]

Yes. A lot. I can mostly restrain it in front of parents and nice old ladies, but anywhere else... tee hee.

yea same. I learned my lesson a few years ago. I got too into saying swears all the time, starting blurting shit out in front of teachers.

 

[RicoADF]

Generally only when I'm hurt, or if something annoys/makes me angry enough.

 

[ThePoodonkis]

?The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests and despises it.?
-George Washington

 

[Baldry]

Shitting hell on occasion. Urm I do it to emphasise what I say, or to insult people...Or for funsie's

 

[Baldry]

Shitting hell on occasion. Urm I do it to emphasise what I say, or to insult people...Or for funsie's

 

[sabbat]

no i f***ing don't!

 

[Dark_Kitsune]

Fuck swearing. Bahahahahaha.

 

[JediMB]

I don't see myself as one who swears too often, but...

-fuck fuckity fuck fuck-

...it's not like it matters. Swear words lose their power when people stop taking them so god-damned seriously. They're good for emphasis, and letting people know what kind of a mood you're in.

 

[John Smyth]

Though I rarely swear when I do its never in anger, although I do improvise quite well.
OH SQUIRREL YOU! GO SKIP YOURSELF, YOU HYPERCUBE!
Well maybe not that much.

 

[thylasos]

Swearing purely as an expression of anger is incredibly limiting... surprise, pain, elation, and so on...

When I'm angry it tends to become obvious from my body language, expression and tone of voice. I needn't restrict myself to swearing purely in that scenario; naturally, I've got different demeanours around different people, so I don't swear in front of teachers or much in front of my parents, but if I'm with friends, what's the point in holding back?

 

[Sampsa]

Yes I do. Mostly when frustrated or tired.