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Swearing. Why?

294 replies

dummad · 23/04/2013 13:21

I'n not averse to the odd 'FFS' or whatever, but it seems to me that the use of the C word is now commonplace on every thread nowadays. And i don't like it one bit.

It never used to be like this. Why the cultural shift? I never hear it spoken out loud so why is it suddenly ok to plaster it all over MN?

Is it suddenly 'en vogue' to sound like a drunken navvy? Words like cunt, snatch, twat etc are just vile. Can't we reign it in a bit?

OP posts:
kneedeepindaisies · 23/04/2013 20:17

Never do that again SP.

My poor eyes Shock

TantrumsAndBalloons · 23/04/2013 20:17

I find fick very offensive.

kneedeepindaisies · 23/04/2013 20:16

I find innit more offensive then cunt Smile

SPsYoniTheOneAndOnly · 23/04/2013 20:16

I ment u iz all bare fick Grin

Only da Fick tlk lyk dat init. Fuck da haterz lol

Grin

My phone wants to auto correct the shit out of that! All red underling and shizzle

TantrumsAndBalloons · 23/04/2013 20:13

That's better sp

Cos we ain't all clever enuff to understand big words innit?

Even though I have a first class degree and manage to do a professional job. Whilst still managing to use the words fuck and cunt.

SPsYoniTheOneAndOnly · 23/04/2013 20:09

U iz all fick

StickEmUpPunk · 23/04/2013 20:07

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TantrumsAndBalloons · 23/04/2013 20:06

Words of one syllable only please tee

For the "fick cunts"

Ta.

hedgefund · 23/04/2013 20:01

jeez i don't know what you're all getting at me! i was replying to the op only!

Sunnywithshowers · 23/04/2013 20:01

I love 'flanjo faced bear icon'. Fantastic GrinBear

AmberLeaf · 23/04/2013 20:00

I think by 'sounds lesbian' the OP meant saying 'I prefer twat' sounds like she is a lesbian.

Tee2072 · 23/04/2013 19:59

Sorry, should I have used smaller words?

usualsuspect · 23/04/2013 19:58

MN has always been sweary, cunting Sainsburys anyone?

Freddiemisagreatshag · 23/04/2013 19:58

Fick innit? Pardon? I don't speak twat, could you repeat that in English for me?

hedgefund · 23/04/2013 19:57

lol at bastion of genius!

Tee2072 · 23/04/2013 19:53

Yes and saying 'fick innit' makes you sound like the bastion of genius. Hmm

usualsuspect · 23/04/2013 19:50

I call anyone a twat if the need arises.male or female.

hedgefund · 23/04/2013 19:49

i see it didn't take many posts until someone suggested the op tried netmums Hmm

mn was never really that sweary in the day, so suggesting the op goes to another site it a bit stupid.

anway agree with op - makes posters sound fick innit

TheRealFellatio · 23/04/2013 19:49

I say twat all the time. It seems so much less offensive than cunt but still expresses how I feel, perfectly adequately. But I am only ever irritated or hacked off by twats. For someone to be a cunt in my book I would need to be positively seething with hatred and bitterness and rage. And I rarely am.

kneedeepindaisies · 23/04/2013 19:49

Granny fanny

kneedeepindaisies · 23/04/2013 19:48

I always think of twats as being male rather than lesbian.

BitBewildered · 23/04/2013 19:48

Surely cunt is stronger and the more awful. that's the point. Sometimes a strong swear word is what's wanted. In some parts twat is as offensive as cunt. I learnt that on here and was very surprised. Where I'm from twat is the same strength as fool or idiot, and is used in the same contexts.

Freddiemisagreatshag · 23/04/2013 19:47

Okaaaaaaaaaaay

elQuintoConyo · 23/04/2013 19:46

I'd take cunt over twat, but leave the minge for someone else.

Granny Fanny on the other hand...

SPsYoniTheOneAndOnly · 23/04/2013 19:45

Twat sounds lesbian? Confused

Are you high OP?