Why do we curse???

I'd like to know why do we curse?????? I'm not really a person who should be posting all this after all usually people over 50 talk about this but I'm only 14......anyways why do we curse????
I curse about 15-20 times a day and try to keep it very low.....but my friend cursed 30 times in 10 minutes???????
In school it's cool so that's why some of us curse there.....but come on even the smart kids curse....
Outside I hear people who are like 40s-50s curse for no reason.....what for????????
Even During this post you don't know how many times I could have added a bad word but I just can't on the forum....

Who are we becoming always cursing always having disrespect to each other......people will not last long like this......

um i dont know why people thought up the idea to make words that were not good!? really if they had not done this it woulda been easier then people swearing all the time. instead of swearing they coulda just been talking! doi why make these words special is what i wanna know! like yeah lmao

Good question. I notice how often people curse, whether out of actual anger or in an effort to be funny. I do it around my friends for the latter reason.

And what the reason for it????

Two reasons:

Fashion

Inability to express anything otherwise

I almost never curse, and when I do it is usual for good reason. The problem I think is that some words are segrigated out, making them more commonly used. By denying access to something, you make people want it even more!

As for why people curse, some do it when they are genuinely angry. But most do it for attention or to let off steam. Most cursing on the internet falls into the latter catagory.

Though I do agree with you, Humanity is, and always has been, on a path to destruction. Some would say it is getting worse with age, instead of better. It has always been my belief that Humanity is a young race just begining to truly walk, and I honestly have doubt we will make it any farther. It is far more likely that we will trip and fall, forever ending our ascent in the scheme of the universe.

I blame modern hip-hop/rap, bruh.

we curse because its fun

there is something strangely satisfying about cursing. Otherwise when we stub our toes we would just say ow that hurt. Somehow cursing makes it feel just a little better.

Or when describing something, it just is rather fun to add a bad word. Maybe it makes you appear as if you dont have a good vocabulary but no matter how you look at it, cursing is just fun and addicting :P

And what's gonna happen next we start cursing at each other then someone get's actually mad for being cursed at...later a fight......an then jail....

The way I view it, its just using different words to express yourself. After being in the Marines for 4 years, cursing and racial slurs really don't affect me, and it amuses me when people around me apologize for it.
I used to curse all the time just because it was an easy way for people to understand your intensity on a subject, or just to make a joke about something. In the environment I was in it was very rare to go an hour without hearing multiple people swearing about something or at someone.
When I transitioned back to the civilian world though, I had to bite my tongue alot since I was accustomed differently and had to readjust.
It still comes pretty easy for me, but I don't have to watch myself anymore and think about what I'm going to say.

My question is, who made these words "bad" in the first place, and why are they so? Is it because of their sound? The meaning behind them? Its very easy to find alternative words to express the same meaning yes, but why are some words "better" than others?

Because most curses are straightforward and to the point... and it definitely represents your current mood. Now, I know "Hell" is not a curse... but it demonstrates more emotion when you say "What the Hell" Than "What the Heck!" It is just an extreme for common words and expressions... a level above others.

Army is a different thing when you are running in the war the last thing you will care is to be polite....and in army they treat you like **** which makes you say it no matter what.

Cursing releases endorphins which do cause a mild feeling of pleasure. The reason for this is simple, we possess no adequate body language representing that which cursing does, it serves a role similar to what roaring and growling does for animals, but only to other humans rather then other creatures.

When you stub your toe, you curse letting others know you are in pain and you are unhappy about it, serving as a warning to others to not bother you in your current bad mood.

When you are fighting an opponent, you curse them serving to boost your own morale and intimidate your enemy.

As for why people use curses in humor, that is completely unrelated and is merely mockery of a social stigma.

For myself, I curse because expletives are simply words, like every other word. They bear no power, no weight, and I do it simply because I know other people dislike them, for the matter that they are considered inappropriate language. Let's face it, would it sound any better if we started saying things like "Oh fecal matter! I forgot my keys in the house!" or maybe "You mother sexual relations-er! I'll kick your posterior!"

We sound silly saying things the proper way. And even when it comes to words that aren't as bad as the others, but still considered unaccapteble because of what they once referred to, for example, retard, which once referred to someone of limited mental capacity due to the nature of their birth, now refers to any person who was born without and such deficiencies that does something incredibly moronic, and calling them something lesser would be an understatement.

In conclusion, we need such words, otherwise we would all sound like tools saying the polite alternatives. But I mostly say them to irritate people, or just out of force of habit.

I don't curse i every-day conversations, except some occasional "Damn" or "Hell" for description, but mostly, I do it when I'm joking around with my close friends.
Some people swear to try to fit in.. That's me back in grade 2 ;p.

I curse because it just comes out... I don't usually mean to, it just happens. Other times I curse because I'm angry or upset. Wth, is this some kind of a poem or something??? Anyway...

When I really think about it & listen to other people curse, I don't like it at all. It's just not pleasing to hear. It tends disappoints me & when I mention this, my friends look at me weird & say I do it all the time. I know it's not the greatest thing to do but yet I can't stop doing it. Hm, story of most people's lives.

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Because most curses are straightforward and to the point... and it definitely represents your current mood. Now, I know "Hell" is not a curse... but it demonstrates more emotion when you say "What the Hell" Than "What the Heck!" It is just an extreme for common words and expressions... a level above others.

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That's very true.

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Some people swear to try to fit in.. That's me back in grade 2 ;p.

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HAHA.... That's just stupid..

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Originally Posted by o0miza0o

HAHA.... That's just stupid..

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I tried it out.. I got spanked by my mother and haven't tried it out for the next 4 years.

I curse because it's in my vocabulary. If I stub my toe or something the first word out my mouth will be owwF**k 100% of the time. If I forget something I go "ahh, dammit" and all my dogs share the name of "little b@st@rd" .

The best answer is that is is simply human nature. It is the same as lying, cheating, and etc. We do it because abolishing it would be inhuman.

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Originally Posted by Kalent

I tried it out.. I got spanked by my mother and haven't tried it out for the next 4 years.

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Hehe how cute. That's good though, I love your mother for spanking you. Gotta learn your lesson =p

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The best answer is that is is simply human nature. It is the same as lying, cheating, and etc. We do it because abolishing it would be inhuman.

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Very well said.

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Originally Posted by o0miza0o

Hehe how cute. That's good though, I love your mother for spanking you. Gotta learn your lesson =p

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I only said damn!

I swear less on the internet then on real life. Is that weird?

in anwer to the topic title, because we want to :)

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Originally Posted by Kalent

I only said damn!

I swear less on the internet then on real life. Is that weird?

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That's not weird at all because on the internet you can control what you type, but it's harder to control what you say.
You can always press the backspace on here :)

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Originally Posted by o0miza0o

Hehe how cute. That's good though, I love your mother for spanking you. Gotta learn your lesson =p


Very well said.

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Im flattered, but why did you remove my name from the quote, lol? :P

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Originally Posted by Pieman

Im flattered, but why did you remove my name from the quote, lol? :P

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'cause I didn't click "quote" I just copied what you said & added the little quotes before & after. :)

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Originally Posted by o0miza0o

'cause I didn't click "quote" I just copied what you said & added the little quotes before & after. :)

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Now nobody will know of my legacy! :oops:**Cries**:oops:

my mom took the "no cursing" thing to the extreme with us kids. "butt" was a swear word so we had to be really creative in how we expressed our displeasure in a situation. i curse a little now but no where near heavily and mom still considers all the old curse words as bad. so we cant swear around her even if we do a little amongst our selves. "your never too old for a spanking" she says and she means it to.
so yes even in high school i was saying "flying pickles in a bats eye what were you thinking you wretched excuses for an imbecile (worked a real one in there)!?" when i got really up set with my friends. beauty of this statement is that by the time i'm done shouting it were all laughing over what ever it was that set me off.

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Originally Posted by imnothere

my mom took the "no cursing" thing to the extreme with us kids. "butt" was a swear word so we had to be really creative in how we expressed our displeasure in a situation. i curse a little now but no where near heavily and mom still considers all the old curse words as bad. so we cant swear around her even if we do a little amongst our selves. "your never too old for a spanking" she says and she means it to.
so yes even in high school i was saying "flying pickles in a bats eye what were you thinking you wretched excuses for an imbecile (worked a real one in there)!?" when i got really up set with my friends. beauty of this statement is that by the time i'm done shouting it were all laughing over what ever it was that set me off.

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Well at least there's a good side to this - you basically forgot all about why you were mad which also shows it wasn't important anyway. You're not fighting fire with fire in a way, which is a good thing. You know what I mean?

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Originally Posted by o0miza0o

Well at least there's a good side to this - you basically forgot all about why you were mad which also shows it wasn't important anyway. You're not fighting fire with fire in a way, which is a good thing. You know what I mean?

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I'm so confused by that, I think I DO know what you mean, or my own interpretation of it 0.o

true, if i had really cursed at them they would have stayed mad too and we would have had a real fight rather then a "did you just say" "yeah i said" "why??" "because i'm not allowed to curse thats why" "yeah but.." "are you going to do what i asked or not?" "huh? OH that, no but this is why...." "that makes sense then, sorry i yelled at your" "ha not at all it was funny" "thanks"
kind of thing

I very rarely swear on these Forums, and I try not to flame--I don't want to flame, and it always turns out very violently if I am brought to that alley...

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Originally Posted by Pieman

I'm so confused by that, I think I DO know what you mean, or my own interpretation of it 0.o

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Lol. Um, the first part.
o.0

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I very rarely swear on these Forums, and I try not to flame--I don't want to flame, and it always turns out very violently if I am brought to that alley...

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You rarely ever swear? Aren't you not supposed to at all? Seeing you're a moderator & all.... Busted :P

hmm no one has said it so.


I curse because I can ...

that simple

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Originally Posted by Asmo

hmm no one has said it so.


I curse because I can ...

that simple

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hey I said that

My dictionary doesnt know the right words and then the curse words always seem to fit in :(

Why I swear -->

1.) if someone suddenly scares me from behind.

2.) If I slip on a tile because it is wet, I would say it "accidently", as I got a shock.

3.) And when I'm trying to describe something at home, and cannot find a latter word for it. But usually, these days, I use better words to replace these bad habits.

I never curse at school, not in front of my friends, as most are girls, and we keep ourselves from the group who are "contaminated"....

I would NEVER swear on the forums, but if I would, I'd use this lil' smiley: :modedit:

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Originally Posted by Elana*

Why I swear -->

1.) if someone suddenly scares me from behind.

2.) If I slip on a tile because it is wet, I would say it "accidently", as I got a shock.

3.) And when I'm trying to describe something at home, and cannot find a latter word for it. But usually, these days, I use better words to replace these bad habits.

I never curse at school, not in front of my friends, as most are girls, and we keep ourselves from the group who are "contaminated"....

I would NEVER swear on the forums, but if I would, I'd use this lil' smiley: :modedit:

/end speech.

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*Cries*

That was... beautiful.

understand the origins of each of the bad words and you will find an answer to why we cuss (not curse)
A curse is an incantation or wish of harm on another person ie. i hope you die
The colorful words we use were not always the negative things we know them to be

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Originally Posted by FuryOda

understand the origins of each of the bad words and you will find an answer to why we cuss (not curse)
A curse is an incantation or wish of harm on another person ie. i hope you die
The colorful words we use were not always the negative things we know them to be

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I disagree... not all curses are directed a people, or wish them harm. Cursing has become bigger than that... we do it when in pain, when we hate someone, when we joke around, and when we describe something. Curses have developed alternate meanings too. We find more and more uses for them as they become more natural.

My parents never minded me cursing, and occasionally a curse would slip out even at age 10 :p They only one they really minded was F**k... which I never let slip.

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Originally Posted by Pieman

*Cries*

That was... beautiful.

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I love the sarcasm....:) /facepalm