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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 11:29 AM
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Maybe it's me but I think the world FUCK is way over used
I was on the bus today and the guy sitting behind me was on the cell phone, holding a conversation at a slightly below normal voice tone and I swear every other word he said was "FUCK". And the thing is, it wasn't like he was angry or badmouthing someone - he just used the word "FUCK" to describe everything. "I'm going to grab some fucking coffee", "I'm going to be fucking late for work", "Did you drop the fucking kid off at childcare"

Seriously - why do we use "FUCK" so much?
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Tommy_Carcetti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 11:30 AM
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1. Maybe someone should copyright it for their own use. nt
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motely36 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 11:30 AM
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2. I have a friend who copyrighted the word on a board
She charges people $25 to use it!

:rofl:
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 11:34 AM
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3. I have a hard time believing this.
Seriously, YOU have a friend?
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motely36 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 11:41 AM
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7. Don't make me write another Haiku!
Dr. Strange are you
Did you buy your PHD
from a comic book?
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 12:32 PM
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13. Uh-oh!
Beware motely one.
I have a power that can
deep-six 36.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 11:39 AM
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6. How are you not broke yet?
:P
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motely36 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 11:42 AM
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8. If I had kids
Their grandkids would still be paying off the debt!
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Debi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 07:05 AM
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20. MMMmm I see a teabagger in the making
:wow:
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motely36 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 11:10 AM
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22. I am not discussing my sex life on DU!
That is what Face book is for!

:P
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Debi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 01:36 PM
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23. Will there be pictures?
I'm gonna need pictures!
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azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 11:37 AM
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4. Makes you wonder what the fuck is wrong with people....
:shrug:
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 11:38 AM
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5. Good fucking point...
Nice to see some common fucking sense on this board for once.
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 11:53 AM
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9. I think you're fucking over-reacting.
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 12:03 PM
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10. Yes. It kind of loses it's punch when overused. nt
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 12:08 PM
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11. What in the world are you talking about?? A world **ck??
Edited on Thu Apr-15-10 12:08 PM by madinmaryland
Sounds a bit interesting. At least it's not a cluster **ck!!

BTW, did you see the movie "The Fantastic Mr. Fox"? They replaced every swear word with the word "cuss" Pretty funny.

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Rambis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 12:21 PM
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12. Like totally!
Fuckin A right
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 04:31 PM
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14. ya. everyone else doing it, now i am trying to stop. much more fun when i was one of the few. nt
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 04:35 PM
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15. why the fuck not?
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 05:28 PM
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27. It's not like it hurts anybody. Fuck fuckity fuck fuck fuck.
Edited on Fri Apr-16-10 05:33 PM by Shell Beau
Eric Cartman!
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pitohui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 04:48 PM
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16. it's the modern term for "very" and editors at least used to think "very" overused
the human animal requires emphasis even if the language purists don't like it very fucking much :-)
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Kaleva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 04:55 PM
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17. It's a very usefull word.
"1. Greetings "How the fuck are ya?"
2. Fraud "I got fucked by the car dealer."
3. Resignation "Oh, fuck it!"
4. Trouble "I guess I'm fucked now."
5. Aggression "FUCK YOU!"
6. Disgust "Fuck me."
7. Confusion "What the fuck.......?"
8. Difficulty "I don't understand this fucking business!"
9. Despair "Fucked again..."
10. Pleasure "I fucking couldn't be happier."
11. Displeasure "What the fuck is going on here?"
12. Lost "Where the fuck are we."
13. Disbelief "UNFUCKINGBELIEVABLE!"
14. Retaliation "Up your fucking ass!"
15. Denial "I didn't fucking do it."
16. Perplexity "I know fuck all about it."
17. Apathy "Who really gives a fuck, anyhow?"
18. Greetings "How the fuck are ya?"
19. Suspicion "Who the fuck are you?"
20. Panic "Let's get the fuck out of here."
21. Directions "Fuck off."
22. Disbelief "How the fuck did you do that?""


http://grin.hu/funtxt/fido/en/fuck.html
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Duer 157099 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 05:29 PM
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19. 23. Redundancy "Fucking numbers 1 and 18 are the fucking same"
Who are you fucking trying to fucking fool, anyway??
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Kaleva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 06:34 PM
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31. I can't fool those who are fluent in Fuckingese.
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edbermac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 05:21 PM
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18. Maybe it's me but I think the world SEMPRINI is way over used
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 07:17 AM
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21. Yep. Less talk, more fucking. n/t
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SoxFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 02:48 PM
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24. ...
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elleng Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 04:45 PM
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25. I HOPE its not just you,
and I think its WAY WAY WAY overused here, on DU.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 05:32 PM
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28. It probably is overused, but it is a word that doesn't hurt anyone, so
to me, it is no biggie. Most of us here are adults, and can use any language we like as long as it isn't offensive. I guess the word could offend some but for no real reason. It doesn't have hurtful connotations. Unless you call someone a stupid fuck, then I guess it will be deleted.
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elleng Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 05:52 PM
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29. I think using it frequently, while it may not hurt anyone in particular,
does and has done great injury to our society/culture in general. Its not a coincidence that the teabaggers are so offensive, and so many are heading >>> domestic terrorism.

Its a free country, right, we can use any language we 'like.' The important question is, SHOULD WE?
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 09:52 PM
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36. I just can't equate using the word "fuck" with the teagbagger's
behavior. Seems a little farfetched to me. If anything, I think the real offensive words aren't spoken as much. It is just a word. And by that I don't mean just a word like the "n" or the other "f" word. It is a word that can mean many different things. That is all there is to it.
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elleng Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 09:54 PM
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37. I see it as part of the process of degrading our culture,
and teabaggers behavior is a part of the process.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 10:11 PM
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38. Why does it degrade our culture though? Because
someone decided the word fuck was bad?
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elleng Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 10:13 PM
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39. 'SOMEONE' decided the word was bad a looooong time ago,
Edited on Fri Apr-16-10 10:19 PM by elleng
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 10:17 PM
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40. Because some let it. It was decided long ago that it is a nasty word, and
no I don't use it a whole lot, especially in front of people I don't know. But we give words too much credit. They can be used to hurt people, and I won't get behind that, but this word in particular has so many uses. I don't think it reflects badly on our culture. There are soooo many more things that do that this word is laughable. Sure there are better words to use. If anything, it signifies laziness which surely can reflect badly on our culture, but that is as far as I am willing to believe it makes us bad people for its usage. Teabaggers and bleeding hearts use the word, so that doesn't fly.
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elleng Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 10:51 PM
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42. I do not think that "we give words too much credit."
'The former president insists he isn't trying to restrict free speech, but as he says "the words we use really do matter."

Alluding to the anti-government tea party movement, Clinton says its fine to argue, but remember that words have consequences as much as actions do.'

http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.national/3c9eee29-www.wlos.com.shtml
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abbeyco Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 04:59 PM
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26. One of my Facebook friends (group) is: Intelligent, classy,
well-educated women who say "F*ck" a lot.

Needless to say, I think it's a big fucking deal and am a huge fucking fan! :rofl:
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Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 05:56 PM
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30. World fuck is way over used...people should show some restrain.
Maybe just stick with nation fuck or state fuck.
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Kaleva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 06:35 PM
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32. Snicker! Snicker! You said "Fuck"!
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velvet Donating Member (950 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 09:23 PM
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33. "world fuck" ?
Why wasn't I invited? Did the earth move?
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Hippo_Tron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 09:30 PM
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34. I think it's becuase we're taught as children that it's a bad word
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pscot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 09:32 PM
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35. This thread tells you just about everything
you need to know about the lounge. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
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quickesst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-16-10 10:39 PM
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41. Only when it's used for .....
...the over-pretentious "For Fuck's Sake". An insult to the word itself. Thanks.
quickesst
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