Delta4Embassy
Gold Member
Didn't know quite where to put this one so 'mental issues' seemed the best choice.
In contemporary US society profanity has become so commonplace I question why people still use it. If the intent was orgininally to shock or emphasize statements, or inflict emotional distress, haven't those effects fallen away as such terms have become regular parts of speech? More you use a word, less people notice them. If people cuss regularly, how to they emphasize phrases and feelings now that they have no special words to add flavor?
Realizing this lack of flavoring words, I myself use more scientificly accurate terms as 'cuss words.' Instead of 'shit, fuck, ass,' etc. I use 'poop, excrement, or doodoo;' 'schtoop (Yiddish for push,) frack, or poke;' or 'bottom, tushy, hiney.'
Because the intent of profanity is attract the listener's attention, quaint or cute words like mine do achieve that result. Cuss words don't because they're overused.
In contemporary US society profanity has become so commonplace I question why people still use it. If the intent was orgininally to shock or emphasize statements, or inflict emotional distress, haven't those effects fallen away as such terms have become regular parts of speech? More you use a word, less people notice them. If people cuss regularly, how to they emphasize phrases and feelings now that they have no special words to add flavor?
Realizing this lack of flavoring words, I myself use more scientificly accurate terms as 'cuss words.' Instead of 'shit, fuck, ass,' etc. I use 'poop, excrement, or doodoo;' 'schtoop (Yiddish for push,) frack, or poke;' or 'bottom, tushy, hiney.'
Because the intent of profanity is attract the listener's attention, quaint or cute words like mine do achieve that result. Cuss words don't because they're overused.