Very guilty of it myself!

But being of the Italian heritage from NYC it is sort of in my DNA.

And to agree with Stomachmonkey, it has absolutely nothing to do with lack of education. That is a load of BS. I know people with Masters degrees (male and female) that swear like longshoremen.

F that.

Fkin Puritanical MFers...

;)

I use the word, and I use it in front of my kid on occasion. I do not use the word in public. Ever.

It is a great word.

We used to have a "curse cup" in my office area, where we would have to toss a quarter every time we cussed. Most of us got to where we would just drop a five in it and pre-pay for a whole day.

And for you uptight, hand-wringing ninny puritans out there - there is no lack of education, no lack of a command of the English language, no small penises, no insecurities, no poor judgement, no lack of upbringing, no lack of class (or any of that other crap you like to trot out) apparent in the personel in my office. Get over yourselves.

When you stop using "words," your selected use of them becomes more poignant. Think of it as an improvement.

Because too much use is only a crutch.

Come over to my house and drop an F-bomb in front of my wife and kids. My wife will straighten you right out. *I know* :D

Try not to say it, and when you do correct yourself - repeat the phrase another way.

At first it won't seem like it's doing any good but over time you'll start using the "corrected" phrases the first time. Apply this when you're alone too! Like dropping F-bombs on the freeway.

Like anything else, of course, it can be over-done. Or over-worried. Like everything else in life, there is a balance. The well considered, properly applied f-bomb can be a valuable communication tool in the right audience. Going all Andrew Dice Clay, with his "Bronx alphabet", is never appropriate. Neither is the strain of having someone around - in an adult situation - who gets all uptight and holier than thou about it. No one likes to be treated like children by some putz constantly reminding everyone that "such language is inappropriate in the workplace" or some other such nonsense.

Yeah, but do you want to be in a Nice restaurant with Tony Montana?

Hey, Red, George Carlin was one of the few that made foul language work for him and funny. Gallagher did a similar shtick w/o a foul word. It's all in the presentation which most of us don't have.

unh.... you checked on this??

and, no, I do NOT want to see the data.

I could recount some on-the-road "team building" exercises that would curl your f*ckin' toes...

On second thought, I better not... the flying public counts on us to keep their airplanes safe...

Ffffffuuuuuuddddddggggggeeeeee........

Just remember it's an Unintentional way of expressing yourself!

Oldie but a goodie. Goggle "meaning of the word __" in songs.

I seldom use it. In the service, working in construction & factories & listening to people use it as half their vocabulary got pretty boring. Actually why is there any reason to use any given word the way people use it so incessantly? I say it when I drop something heavy on my foot or bust my knuckles, but try to not let my wife hear me use it.

Some friends of ours from Ohio had stopped in NYC to see the sights before coming up here for a weeks visit last summer. His cherished purchase from NY was a tee shirt that said
F--- you ya f---en f---.
I laughed like a mother f---er.

When I was a construction work I could curse a blue streak...

I have since attempted to become more genteel...

"Fudge" is a good substitute.

On the freeway yesterday got cut off... mumbled "a$$ hole"
Wife says "WHAT?"
I say "uh... ice hole... we should try ice hole fishing"

"Fudge is a good substitute.

I suppose you say "Sunny Beaches," too. ;)

farging iceholes...