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Thinking about it, I swore a lot, and aggressively, in my teens/ early 20s. I have a video we made at 17 with some mates and every other word is one...my mother turned around to her friend and said 'These boys have a very limited vocabluary don't you think?'

I think what changed was going to work in an office environment and being around much more polite people. I definitely don't use the C word, and to a lesser extent the F word nowhere near as much - but I also have young kids..

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Does she work here? :D

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It's a great swear word, but only in relation to guys. Calling a women that is not cool.

Americans are shocked when they hear Aussies/Poms/Saffas using the word freely.

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Yeah, I think it's a cultural thing. In North America twat and wanker are not considered swearing where in UK they are. Some words we use are strange to Aussies/Poms/Saffas. For instance I use "****ing the dog" all the time. It basically means doing nothing but one of the girls I work with thought it was really offensive.

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:eek:

Can you give us the context? Like..."yeah...it was too hot so I just stayed at home all day ****ing the dog"!?

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"My wife came home early and caught me ****ing the dog..."


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:D

Actually it should probably be "My wife came home early and caught me ****ing the dog, eh..."

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Pretty much. The conversation would go something like this...
"So, what did you do at work today?"
"Meh, not much. Just sat around ****ing the dog all afternoon."

It's along the same lines of if I'm having a particularly lazy day I'll say I just sat around looking pretty all day. Not quite the same effect, but means the same thing.
No, that would just be wrong.

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I hate to use it.... used it a lot more when I was younger and reckon it's the swear word with the most effect.

Re Kids and swearing... I reckon that the younger generation... whatever group they full under are swearing a lot less in everyday conversation than ten years ago.

I notice this because there is a 10 year age difference between our first two kids and our younger two... I never hear my 15 YO son and his mates swearing when they talk between each other... my 18 yo daughter and her mates swear a bit .... whereas 10 years ago their older two sisters as the same age where swearing in almost every sentence... I reckon we're on the cusp of a new conservatism amongst the young. Could be the Muslim influence.

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I can say hand on heart it is a word I have never used and probably never will. I rarely swear as it is, there is no real need to.

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A big word for a big situation, used any other way is either not necessary or going to start a fight. Never to be used in front of a lady although i've heard it spoken by plenty.

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I don't swear much but not out of any moral outrage. I just cannot understand how particular words are offensive in themselves. It's possible to be just as offensive without swearing.

If someone swears in a different language would you be as offended? How would you even know? I could write lots of non-English swear words here and who would object?

It seems that some people think you should be offended ("a big word") but that says more about them than me.

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Ch33sy cu?!

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I think it used to be viewed as THE worst swear word and it was usually ONLY men that used it. Nowadays it's used all the time , and I see it as a funny word now. :lol: