Swearing. Why?

[dummad]

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?

If you find it offensive then there are other sites that might be more suitable?

I like it because I can swear if I want too, and I don't take offense at swearing!

It's not breaking any rules so you can't stop people doing it.

How on earth can you compare racism with you not liking swearing?

That's way more offensive than a few cunts littered around.

I have a mouth like a sailor in real life.

I actually rein in my swearing on here [oops]

Zombie you are an absolute cunt.

Cunt isn't named after the vajayjay. Cunt happened first then became known as a name for it.

i think

I quite like saying dickhead when angry. Its enjoyable to say in a argument

On the whole and ignoring the hairy handed we are adults, posting on a forum for grown ups and can use whatever words we deem fit, whether you like it or not.

Do you stop people in the street and tell them to stop using words you find 'offensive'?

Zombie is feeling the love. Thanks Freddie and YoniMatopoeia.

I completely agree with you too Dummad and sometimes think I've landed on a teenage website where the kids are getting a cheap thrill by using sweary words. It's all very juvenile.

And Bumping.

the why the actual fuck do you keep posting and reading here?

If it bothers you so much? why are you deliberately choosing to offend yourself/

I also have a mouth like a sailor in RL.

I do use the cunt word on a regular basis.

Is that ok OP?

SP - cunt as an insult does derive from the female genitalia. It has the Anglo-Saxon same root as queen, I believe (can't google as at work).

Thanks Freddie for modelling correct 'rein' usage. I feel better now.

There are quite a few people on here who have met me in RL and they will tell you, yes I do actually swear a-fucking-lot.

I'm not going to change either.

Sorry lark.

I absolutely fucking swear in real life. All the fucking time. Even say cunt and dick and shit and twat.

They are words. Get over it. Get a grip. Or get gone.

OP - don't disrespect MNHQ.
Their site, their rules innit.
You don't like it? >>>>>>>>>>>
(no swear words were hurt in this post)

Another who agrees with BigBoobiedBertha here.

It doesn't bother me.

I think you have to take it in context too.

Depending on the situation, yes I do swear in RL, I wouldn't swear while speaking to my childs teacher for example as it would be inappropriate to be so informal. But in relaxed company and in the right context, yes I would and I do...often.

You are of course allowed to be offended by the same words a black person is offended by. What a ridiculous comment OP!

My favourite swear word is Cunt actually.

It means so many different things and is so wonderfully expressive.

I don't sound like a navvy though.

Op

I find the generalisation that navvies swear quite offensive. They were the heroes of many transformative civil engineering projects still in existence today. They died in their hundreds, poorly paid in terrible working conditions.

Now troopers and fish wives on the other hand...

I don't like violent films so I don't watch them.

If you don't like swearing, don't come on Mumsnet.

Just out if interest, what does one have to do to be called an atrocious cunt?

yay a sniffy sweary thread and a fab. I obv only commented so I could use the though. You never know when a will come along again.

fwiw I think there is less swearing now than there used to be and I rarely see gratuitous swearing