Friday, May 27, 2011

Dirty Words

I often wonder exactly it is about a word that can make it so vulgar and offensive. The criteria always seem rather ambiguous. Take “fuck” for instance. “Fuck” is a rather versatile word that can take on various meanings and parts of speech, but it is perhaps the most looked down upon word in the English language. It is not the meaning of “fuck” that makes it unacceptable, because one can use another word such as “frick” or “freak,” or just use the letter “F” by itself, with the exact same intention and meaning as “fuck” and it will be completely acceptable. “Fuck” also can have strong sexual connotations, and we all know how touchy of a subject that can be, but describing the exact same things using any other word seems to be infinitely more acceptable, even with such words as “bang” and “plow” that don’t seem any more appropriate.  It’s also not as though other words that appear similar to “fuck” are offensive, as I doubt anyone would be offended by “duck” or “puck.” Well, maybe “buck” offends some people, because money also tends to be a sore subject. It appears that there’s just something about the letters F-U-C-K in succession that makes them so taboo. I don’t fucking get it.
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23 comments:

  1. phosportsMay 27, 2011 at 11:13 PM

    thats what i told my teacher. she didnt take it so well

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  2. Fermium DeathMay 27, 2011 at 11:29 PM

    Nah... Swearing shouldn't be taken so seriously...

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  3. SkaerfMay 28, 2011 at 12:49 AM

    Dude, its human made... there is no objective rules to something like a slur

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  4. CarlesMay 28, 2011 at 1:50 AM

    @phosports something similar happened to me

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  5. Acrylic IngenuityMay 28, 2011 at 1:54 AM

    i don't get it either

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  6. Speedy EdMay 28, 2011 at 3:04 AM

    yeah somepeople completely overreact when they hear swear words

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  7. adssMay 28, 2011 at 3:07 AM

    i think they have become so overused that they rarely offend anymore

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  8. GarretMay 28, 2011 at 3:46 AM

    Wow man, I just read 15 lines of nothing.

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  9. AnonymousMay 28, 2011 at 5:01 AM

    The reason people find it so offensive is because parents and mentors have taught us to avoid bad words at all costs... and fuck just happens to be the word that parents and guardians hate the most, thus, it is chiseled in our mind to avoid and despise the word.

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  10. InsidiaDubstepMay 28, 2011 at 5:52 AM

    I suppose it all depends in what nature the word is used.

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  11. gmanMay 28, 2011 at 9:57 AM

    Yeah I I wish people would realize that it is the emotion and thought behind a word, not the word itself, that gives it meaning

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  12. AMay 28, 2011 at 10:22 AM

    It's the feelings that we (not as individuals but as a whole) already have about the word, which we help continue/perpetuate, that give it the power.

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  13. FortuneMay 28, 2011 at 11:13 AM

    ^^ as stated above is a human construct. Just its connotation is negative, so people take offense/created a taboo for it.

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  14. NopeMay 28, 2011 at 12:04 PM

    The whole concepts of swear words is very interesting, I have no idea how these things came about.

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  15. DejchMay 28, 2011 at 12:20 PM

    swearing also can be funny

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  16. EmptyMay 28, 2011 at 12:32 PM

    i fucking love this post.

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  17. Ante BabajaMay 28, 2011 at 2:17 PM

    i dont understand that. vuglar words sucks

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  18. Skinny GuyMay 28, 2011 at 4:44 PM

    Ha ha I often think about this as well. I don't get it.

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  19. ruinzMay 28, 2011 at 5:49 PM

    its been done

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  20. AlphaMay 28, 2011 at 8:16 PM

    No sense in pondering it, I suppose.

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  21. braumamanMay 28, 2011 at 8:53 PM

    I've been saying the same thing for ages. Who decided that certain words were ok, yet others arent. I blame religion tbh.

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  22. MichaelMay 30, 2011 at 8:17 AM

    Haha wow I can totally relate to what you're saying. I wrote a topic about Langauge discussing this very concept.

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  23. Delirium TigerMay 30, 2011 at 2:51 PM

    Profanity is rightfull and functional piece of any language it has difficult role to expres some of less gentle emotions in vocal. Of course they are overused sometimes but i don't really understand people that feel angry when someone cruses NEAR them not AT them.

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