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The F word (under-utilized or horrible utterance.)

View Poll Results: The F-bomb (what are your thoughts)
It would be nice if the world accepted this versatile word. 9 32.14%
I am not offended but it is understandable why people are offended. 13 46.43%
I hate the word and it should never be used. 2 7.14%
Other. 4 14.29%
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Old November 21st, 2008, 04:45 PM     #11 (permalink)
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I doubt any child is going to be harmed by reading a swear word. If they are. it's time they get some exposure to the world.
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Old November 21st, 2008, 05:00 PM     #12 (permalink)
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There was a wav (yes before mp3's) file I had years ago that described the words flexibility, very funny

Just for you Vass! NSFW!!!

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Old November 21st, 2008, 06:39 PM     #13 (permalink)
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Old November 21st, 2008, 06:52 PM     #14 (permalink)
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That video had me cracking up.

Try explaining what fuck means to someone that has no idea, tell me that isn't a hard one to pull off. Several years ago we did some guided hunts for a few Korean guys that didn't speak much english. Well sitting around the fire telling jokes or stories you get a little carried away. So one of the guys that spoke pretty good English asked how he could explain to his friends what the word meant.

I don't know which was funnier the way he asked, just the fact that he asked or all of us trying to explain it. I'm not sure we ever really got the explanation out but it was pretty damn funny. Honestly I think he was just fucking with us...lol
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Old November 21st, 2008, 07:05 PM     #15 (permalink)
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It should only be used among a group of close friends (assuming they all agree that it's acceptable) and out of earshot of strangers. I consider use if it in earshot of strangers to be boorish, a sign of poor manners and upbringing as well as of a limited vocabulary.

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Old November 21st, 2008, 07:40 PM     #16 (permalink)
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"Where the fuck are my keys?" Conveys both that I have lost them and that I am frustrated! Or better yet, "Where are my fucking keys?"

It also conveys that you are a person you have to be careful where you invite to, since you have a limited vocabulary and lack self control to get so frustrated by losing your keys. No one can be sure when and where you might drop an "F bomb".
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Old November 21st, 2008, 07:56 PM     #17 (permalink)
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A perfect example...

"Where are my keys?" Only conveys that I have lost them.

"Where the fuck are my keys?" Conveys both that I have lost them and that I am frustrated! Or better yet, "Where are my fucking keys?"

Ah as opposed to your plain old keys.

Enough with the stupid F-Bomb word!

(I don't know why I find F-Bomb so irritating)
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Old November 21st, 2008, 08:50 PM     #18 (permalink)
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Ah as opposed to your plain old keys.

Enough with the stupid F-Bomb word!

(I don't know why I find F-Bomb so irritating)

IMHO I think people find it offensive because that is how most people were raised. Being taught all your life that a word is inappropriate causes you to react when it is used.
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Old November 21st, 2008, 09:40 PM     #19 (permalink)
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I can swear like a sailor (or in my case, a soldier) when the need arises, but I don't like hearing someone use it four times in every sentence in normal conversation. It's unnecessary and reflects poorly on the person speaking if they can't form a sentence without it. But students these days use it constantly. It's odd to see some of our students, 20-something males or females, gathering in the hallway after their interviews with corporate recruiters and using the word like a comma.

"I was in this interview and like, the guy askes me a question and I'm like f**k, I don't know and he's sitting there f**king looking at me waiting for an answer and I'm f**king staring out the window and..."

You get the idea. These are future business men and women wearing spiffy suits and expecting a $70k/yr starting salary in some corporation. I can't help but wonder if they accept that kind of language in the corporate world these days. On a construction job site, sure. In a corporate office? I don't know.
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Old November 21st, 2008, 09:54 PM     #20 (permalink)
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IMHO I think people find it offensive because that is how most people were raised. Being taught all your life that a word is inappropriate causes you to react when it is used.

No I mean the word F-Bomb, not fuck
As old as I am it has nothing to do with how I was raised.

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