Why do people use cuss words ?

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I think it all has to do with properness and what society calls appropriate speech, but lets face it, when something goes wrong, people do not state "oh my oh gee, pussy feathers". Profanity provides emphasis to what we say, it is heard and gets the point across, no doubt. There's usually an emotional response attached to curse words, as long as it's not personally offensive to others, just let everyone be themselves. I wont watch movies or comedy shows (if they are cut) without the "realness" of the true context (profanity)

It's not cuss words they're sentence enhancers

too much swearing can cause you to have lazy speech, for example we might say 'he was really fucked for getting in peoples faces" instead of saying "he was really obnoxious the way he was getting in peoples fucking faces", lol
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I think profanity shows a lack of ability to communicate ones displeasure in a logical and civil manner. It really shows one to be crude and under-educated.

there is this short explanation http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sc... or even shorter take the word starting with ''A'' hole when ur screaming it when ur so angry it helps release the anger instead of crying :p its psychology

People who think they are more civil than those who cuss are the same ones who think because they sniff wine, gargle it and spit it out and who go to operas in languages they do not understand think they are more refined than walmart shoppers and people who rent netflix. it's just a matter of opinions and we all know opinions are like assholes - we all have one and we all think everyone's stinks but ours.

well i guzzel wine like its water , hate opera even if can understand it ,go to walmart , i rent from red box and can cuss the paint off an old buick ...and i dont give a shit what those goody two shoes " refined " asswagons think . what needs to be done is these turds need to pop their heads out their ass to sample some fresh air .

I sympathize with her, I hear so many people cuss and am one who tries to stay away from doing so as an exercise in civility. My parents taught me I should be polite and cordial even with the ones I really hate. It is not for us to be permitted to fall to their level I suppose as our hearts wish to speak pure and without labels of such.

because people tend to be shit all stupid ( and religion does not help) :) there really is no right of wrong only popular public opinion. Like the "N" word how dumb is that ? So what they are saying is if you take off the last 5 letter You can say it on TV, talk about it like it no longer exsists in it's long form. it's the intent I put behind a word that makes it good or bad. if it is meant to hurt, offend ( to a point, offending a super sensitive nimrod does not count) or in anyway to mentally hurt You I believe it is not called for.

1000000000000 % agree !!

I was in the Military followed by 20+ years as a auto mechanic. It's just the way it was. No apologise , no regrets. A word is only a word, if someone is offended by a word not directed at them than the problem is theirs. some people are just so shit all sensitive.

If I couldn't swear then I would have to resort to smoking crack.... I need a vice, and swearing is the healthiest one around!

I for one mostly do it because my dad does so. Frequently. And I learned from him, and it just sort of stuck so well that now, I can make a sailor blush. I'm somewhat proud of that.

It can definitely get your point across when you're too angry to take the time to stop and think of something better to say. Sure, some people are going to say it makes you sound uneducated. Educated people come up with some of the best strung-together cursing phrases I've ever heard.

As for why the dirtiest words are considered the dirtiest, I don't know. And if you haven't heard George Carlin's whole bit about that, where have you been, and why haven't you heard it yet? Also, "sh!t" used to be a word that made me cringe. It doesn't bother me now, but "feces" and "vomit" still do for some reason. I have a strong stomach but can't handle those things.:|

Exactly, in all honesty, shoot is no better then shit, or crap isn't any better then shit. fricken, freakin, etc. are no better then fuckin,

cause i f***ing want to. naaw i kid idk either.

it puts more emphasis on what youre saying. haha jk idk.

wow that is one question i don't think you can just find one answer to

Profanity is the linguistics crutch of inarticulate mother f-ckers! There are more ways to allow one, the priviledges of performing an osculatory excercise of the Gluteus To the Maximus without resorting to low and mundane linguistics that citizens of breeding would never deign to resort to in a moment of stressful articulation.

Just asking (and do NOT mean to be disrespectful) is English your second language?

Actually, it is my first language. I do speak and write four other languages...but no...lol..English,written and spoke has always been a beautiful language for expressing oneself without resorting to profanity.

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#1 because some people are so fucking stupid you can't help yourself for telling them what you really think...

and #2 because....

well, because it's so much fucking fun. doesn't cost an extra goddamned cent.

I do it because it bothers some people. It's society choosing certain words that have historical connections to taboo subjects. Who cares, they're just words.