Cussing/Cursing: What is it really??

[Brice]

I think the thing that's been bothering me the most with bad words is the name the English language has given them: of course you're going to wonder if they're bad as they're called "bad words". What does that mean, apart from the fact that at some remote point in the development of the language, it was really bad to use them. We've been calling them "gros mots" (big words) for centuries, and no one's wondered if they were bad since you could get punched for calling someone "connard". (this word is one of the most common in the French language and does not have the same meaning as "bastard", so I'd rather leave it untranslated and recommend you not to use it )

But a web search yields too many different definitions. We need accuracy for when the need arises to curse in French.

My only advice would be: check some other French swear words and you'll see that they all have about ten different meanings so please do not use them in any case unless I've told you you could, ok? Anyway, I love the way foreigners say the word "connard": it sounds almost sweet!

...soooooo, can I?




Who knows though when you'll find yourself in a situation where someone from a foreign country needs cursing...one wouldn't want to be ill equipped.

I said you shouldn't and that means you can't. If you're coming to meet me in Paris and we meet some rude bastards, then I'll have to reconsider
You're quite right and I wouldn't like to go to some foreign country without knowing basic swear words (after all, you never know what people may be saying about you!) and apparently, a lot of people are like us, which is the reason why there are so many free dictionaries on the internet which give the meaning of swear words too.

Awwwwww!



I was only kidding around (mostly) anyhow.


And absolutely if you go to another country you need to know some. Have you learned Hungarian ones yet?

I haven't learnt any yet. Actually, the only Hungarian word I know is utca, which means street (been reading my map properly ) so I guess I'll have to ask Letti and Susan when I see them! (then I'll tell them to you if you feel like it)

Sure!

*envies you meeting Letti and Susan*
You must hug and kiss them for me., please.

[alinda]

"We're the psycho-semantic police. You can't even see us
how in the fuck can you do anything about it? We're pure intelligence
you're not. You're biological product of a cosmological universe.
You're molecular matter. I constructed you - fuck you.
I made you up you didn't make me up. You got it backwards.
You know who you are? You're fucking semantic blockage.
That's what made you up."


*dies laughing, where is this from?*

[jayson]

"We're the psycho-semantic police. You can't even see us
how in the fuck can you do anything about it? We're pure intelligence
you're not. You're biological product of a cosmological universe.
You're molecular matter. I constructed you - fuck you.
I made you up you didn't make me up. You got it backwards.
You know who you are? You're fucking semantic blockage.
That's what made you up."


*dies laughing, where is this from?*

A song by Sublime called Raleigh Soliloquy Pt 1

[alinda]

I say thank ya muchly, My friend is trying to bring me up to speed on modern music, I'm afraid it may be hopeless, I love my oldies too much!

[LadyHitchhiker]

What I don't get is why guys when they're swearing will say stuff like "suck my dick" to people they don't like. I don't get that. What's up with that???

[Woofer]

Perhaps because they are such godawful individuals that there could be no worse fate for anyone than to have to suck their dicks.

[Brice]

What I don't get is why guys when they're swearing will say stuff like "suck my dick" to people they don't like. I don't get that. What's up with that???

Because they really like their dicks sucked and don't much care who does it.

[Woofer]

Perhaps because they are such godawful individuals that there could be no worse fate for anyone than to have to suck their dicks.

What I don't get is why guys when they're swearing will say stuff like "suck my dick" to people they don't like. I don't get that. What's up with that???

Because they really like their dicks sucked and don't much care who does it.

Hrumph. My answer was more of a burn.

[theBeamisHome]

lol.... i always wondered that too... cuz i thought having their dick sucked was something enjoyable... but i think the point is like Brice said that they don't care who does it.... most guys don't i don't think.. and in getting their dick sucked they aren't doing anything for you.... (well that doesn't apply to me because personally i enjoy it) and, i guess it's supposed to be demeaning cuz their awful people like Woofer said...

anyways i think it's a stupid swear. my friend used to say "suck my right ovary" hard to do i imagine... probably painful too.

[jayson]

"Suck my dick" seems to me a fairly unpleasant thing to hear from the recipient's perspective and therein I think lies the nature of it as a nasty thing to say to someone. I don't think it's to be seen as a legitimate request for head.

[theBeamisHome]

of course it isn't lol.... i think it's funny that the swear is considered nasty to the recipient though. considering what they're actually saying.. you could be honored, but like Brice said... most guys don't care who sucks it..

[Jean]

it's all that old domination/submission song. The position of the one who does the blowing is supposed to be regarded as submissive (generally, on his knees). Also, his part is regarded as female, which in primitive communities (where our "cussing" comes from) is considered highly humiliating for a male.

[jayson]

I'd think male or female, it's not really pleasant for someone else to suddenly suggest that you perform that particular service (outside of some dirty-talkin' consensual sex setting of course).

[theBeamisHome]

what isn't a dirty-talkin' consensual sex setting???
jk guys

[Woofer]

it's all that old domination/submission song. The position of the one who does the blowing is supposed to be regarded as submissive (generally, on his knees). Also, his part is regarded as female, which in primitive communities (where our "cussing" comes from) is considered highly humiliating for a male.

Oh sure... give the real explanation. I was going for funny.

[Jean]

the funny explanation (actually, half a dozen such) was so indecent that I had to quickly supplant it with the "scientific" one I posted

[stone, rose, unfound door]

I think the thing that's been bothering me the most with bad words is the name the English language has given them: of course you're going to wonder if they're bad as they're called "bad words". What does that mean, apart from the fact that at some remote point in the development of the language, it was really bad to use them. We've been calling them "gros mots" (big words) for centuries, and no one's wondered if they were bad since you could get punched for calling someone "connard". (this word is one of the most common in the French language and does not have the same meaning as "bastard", so I'd rather leave it untranslated and recommend you not to use it )

But a web search yields too many different definitions. We need accuracy for when the need arises to curse in French.

My only advice would be: check some other French swear words and you'll see that they all have about ten different meanings so please do not use them in any case unless I've told you you could, ok? Anyway, I love the way foreigners say the word "connard": it sounds almost sweet!

...soooooo, can I?




Who knows though when you'll find yourself in a situation where someone from a foreign country needs cursing...one wouldn't want to be ill equipped.

I said you shouldn't and that means you can't. If you're coming to meet me in Paris and we meet some rude bastards, then I'll have to reconsider
You're quite right and I wouldn't like to go to some foreign country without knowing basic swear words (after all, you never know what people may be saying about you!) and apparently, a lot of people are like us, which is the reason why there are so many free dictionaries on the internet which give the meaning of swear words too.

Awwwwww!



I was only kidding around (mostly) anyhow.


And absolutely if you go to another country you need to know some. Have you learned Hungarian ones yet?

I haven't learnt any yet. Actually, the only Hungarian word I know is utca, which means street (been reading my map properly ) so I guess I'll have to ask Letti and Susan when I see them! (then I'll tell them to you if you feel like it)

Sure!

*envies you meeting Letti and Susan*
You must hug and kiss them for me., please.

I'm sorry I didn't see your message before meeting them but I promise I will hug them for you tomorrow. We should be taking pictures tomorrow too so you'll get to see us all together

[John_and_Yoko]

ARRRGH, major quotage overload!!!

[Brice]

ARRRGH, major quotage overload!!!

One more won't hurt then.

I think the thing that's been bothering me the most with bad words is the name the English language has given them: of course you're going to wonder if they're bad as they're called "bad words". What does that mean, apart from the fact that at some remote point in the development of the language, it was really bad to use them. We've been calling them "gros mots" (big words) for centuries, and no one's wondered if they were bad since you could get punched for calling someone "connard". (this word is one of the most common in the French language and does not have the same meaning as "bastard", so I'd rather leave it untranslated and recommend you not to use it )

But a web search yields too many different definitions. We need accuracy for when the need arises to curse in French.

My only advice would be: check some other French swear words and you'll see that they all have about ten different meanings so please do not use them in any case unless I've told you you could, ok? Anyway, I love the way foreigners say the word "connard": it sounds almost sweet!

...soooooo, can I?




Who knows though when you'll find yourself in a situation where someone from a foreign country needs cursing...one wouldn't want to be ill equipped.

I said you shouldn't and that means you can't. If you're coming to meet me in Paris and we meet some rude bastards, then I'll have to reconsider
You're quite right and I wouldn't like to go to some foreign country without knowing basic swear words (after all, you never know what people may be saying about you!) and apparently, a lot of people are like us, which is the reason why there are so many free dictionaries on the internet which give the meaning of swear words too.

Awwwwww!



I was only kidding around (mostly) anyhow.


And absolutely if you go to another country you need to know some. Have you learned Hungarian ones yet?

I haven't learnt any yet. Actually, the only Hungarian word I know is utca, which means street (been reading my map properly ) so I guess I'll have to ask Letti and Susan when I see them! (then I'll tell them to you if you feel like it)

Sure!

*envies you meeting Letti and Susan*
You must hug and kiss them for me., please.

I'm sorry I didn't see your message before meeting them but I promise I will hug them for you tomorrow. We should be taking pictures tomorrow too so you'll get to see us all together

That would be absolutely wonderful.

[The Lady of Shadows]

and what the fuck, just to stay on topic.

ARRRGH, major quotage overload!!!

shouldn't you have said "major fucking quotage overfuckingload"?

ARRRGH, major quotage overload!!!

One more won't hurt then.

I think the thing that's been bothering me the most with bad words is the name the English language has given them: of course you're going to wonder if they're bad as they're called "bad words". What does that mean, apart from the fact that at some remote point in the development of the language, it was really bad to use them. We've been calling them "gros mots" (big words) for centuries, and no one's wondered if they were bad since you could get punched for calling someone "connard". (this word is one of the most common in the French language and does not have the same meaning as "bastard", so I'd rather leave it untranslated and recommend you not to use it )

But a web search yields too many different definitions. We need accuracy for when the need arises to curse in French.

My only advice would be: check some other French swear words and you'll see that they all have about ten different meanings so please do not use them in any case unless I've told you you could, ok? Anyway, I love the way foreigners say the word "connard": it sounds almost sweet!

...soooooo, can I?




Who knows though when you'll find yourself in a situation where someone from a foreign country needs cursing...one wouldn't want to be ill equipped.

I said you shouldn't and that means you can't. If you're coming to meet me in Paris and we meet some rude bastards, then I'll have to reconsider
You're quite right and I wouldn't like to go to some foreign country without knowing basic swear words (after all, you never know what people may be saying about you!) and apparently, a lot of people are like us, which is the reason why there are so many free dictionaries on the internet which give the meaning of swear words too.

Awwwwww!



I was only kidding around (mostly) anyhow.


And absolutely if you go to another country you need to know some. Have you learned Hungarian ones yet?

I haven't learnt any yet. Actually, the only Hungarian word I know is utca, which means street (been reading my map properly ) so I guess I'll have to ask Letti and Susan when I see them! (then I'll tell them to you if you feel like it)

Sure!

*envies you meeting Letti and Susan*
You must hug and kiss them for me., please.

I'm sorry I didn't see your message before meeting them but I promise I will hug them for you tomorrow. We should be taking pictures tomorrow too so you'll get to see us all together

That would be absolutely wonderful.

i don't know any of you but i'd like a hug if it's not too late.

to J&Y

[stone, rose, unfound door]

Brice: I've done it They looked really happy too

Turtlesong: ok, I hug you too. This surely will create some kind of bond between us, won't it?

Now back on topic

[John_and_Yoko]

ARRRGH, major quotage overload!!!

shouldn't you have said "major fucking quotage overfuckingload"?

I don't swear except in fiction. It just doesn't occur to me to do so.

to J&Y

Well, twenty-three skiddoo.