Do you cuss?

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some of the more extreme anti-cursors won't even say darn or heck or even express any outward angry emotion, biblical fundies are in that camp I have found. my brother is like that. the late garner ted Armstrong said even so much as an angry glower, in a biblical sense, is proscribed swearing. I wonder if Christianity is the only religion that bans swearing.

Once when I was a teenager my older brother was having some sort of argument in the car with our mom, and she said "ain't", and then I asked a question where I also used the word "ain't". Then they both acted shocked, even though my mother had just said it herself.

This was back sometime in the late 80's to early 90's, but the way they reacted you'd think it was the early 1800's or something.

And we're not a bunch of bible-thumping Christians, either. We were just raised to believe there are other, better words to express how you feel.

I started cursing a lot 1ce South Park came out. I started cursing less 1ce I quit being a teen but I still curse pretty regularly but only in environments where it's OK.

I doubt if anybody else here is old enough to remember, but for the longest time no profanity whatsoever was allowed in the American print and broadcast media, you could barely get away with saying "heckacopter." there is an old 50s era kinescope I saw on youtube featuring nat king cole singing "anything goes" where on the lyric "Good authors too who once knew better words, Now only use four letter words Writing prose, Anything Goes" - he was forced to substitute "THREE letter words" plus hold up 3 fingers to reinforce the point!

I do. I just don't do it as often. I barely swear online, but it's different in real life.

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Frequently.

About a year or two ago, when Cornflake was still around as moderator, I started a thread with the title "Finnish dirty words" and discussed in length all of them. I was drunk. Next day, I was shocked. First thing in the morning, I pm'd Cornflake to delete the whole unlucky thread. Just in time -- later there has been the convention that mods cannot delete whole threads.

So... in my case the answer is, occasionally.

The thing is, the F word is crossing into acceptable language. Probably thanks to Robin Williams, among others. It's being used melodically by respectable people - it will soon be a respectable word and we'll have to find another to fill the gap. Then I will say I don't cuss.