It goes both ways. If traditional swear words get less offensive over usage and habitude (like the c-word is much more ok in Australia and UK) and the f-word is all over here, then the opposite is true.

Some saying "get the flip out" is intending it as a swear and it is becoming worse and more offensive.

Still cursing not crushing

There's a difference between "low intensity interjection" like "aw shucks" and "I'm slightly mispronouncing a curse word so you can't accuse me of cursing". The latter is dumb because it's still crushing.

Anonymous wrote:Samuel L Jackson disagrees:

Spilling milk is not snakes on a plane.

Anonymous wrote:ok, but why? why is it such a travesty to swear? This 42yo mom of 2 under 12 is unsure of what weight we are collectively giving words just said in frustration/pain (I do draw the line at directing them at people.)

Swearing shows you are an immature, unserious person who lacks the ability to distinguish between catastrophe and inconvenience, and so should be ignored. Adult who cries wolf.

I say “what the…..” in front of my six year old. He now asks me if what the is a bad word. I can’t decide if it is or isn’t. Do I want him repeating it at school?

Anonymous wrote:I roll my eyes at these people. Just cuss if you need to cuss.

Uh, no. I have kids. It's "nuts" or "darts".

I had a summer job on a road crew (the only female) and one of my coworkers was a guy from Missouri (descended from bootleggers) with a criminal record who had the most amazing curse vocabulary without using 4-letter words. I wish I had written them down.

Samuel L Jackson disagrees:

ok, but why? why is it such a travesty to swear? This 42yo mom of 2 under 12 is unsure of what weight we are collectively giving words just said in frustration/pain (I do draw the line at directing them at people.)

I love the real ones but need the fake ones for my place of work. So when I hear a good fake one I try to say it.

I always laughed at the phrases my dad used in lieu of curse words. Never heard anyone else use them. “Bean Soup!” was a general declaration of frustration. “God bless a milk cow!” meant he was really blowing his stack.

Then I had little kids and I took a page from 30 Rock’s Liz Lemon and I started using “blerg” in place of swear wears.

Anonymous wrote:I’ve been known to drop a ‘fiddle-sticks’ when things get heated.

Sweet Maria

I do try not to swear around people I don’t know well and/or kids. I actually was “that lady” one time while standing in line at Ben & Jerry’s at a resort hotel with 2 potty mouthed teens dropping f bombs right behind me and my then 4 yo daughter. I turned around and admonished them for swearing around so many small children. They actually stopped.

I think it is just poor manners to not think about where you are/who you are with while swearing.

So, yes, I might occasionally use one of the fake swears because I am aware of my surroundings.

Anonymous wrote:Is it a regional or cultural thing when people say things like this? Pretend swear words just seem ridiculous.

OK you want to slur on the south some more?