I said: "Shit!" ... And yes, I felt better.

[Maxmars]

I’m still telling Mom!

I "swear" I'm innocent... the sun was in my eyes, a bug stung me, I remembered something important....
... and thus throw myself on the mercy of the court...

However... the point is made about the word in the first place... besides being exactly "on  topic" 

But I changed it... not sure it's not just plain rude on Christmas

Yeah... I'm one egg-nog shy of overcoming my inner chickenshit...

Plus...

It's not exactly "Christmas funny" unless it shows me trying to haul a strut back onto Bob's "mini-suacer" around xmas scenery.... but ... you know ... that takes skillz..

[rickymouse]

Someone, stick a bar of soap in Maxmars mouth for swearing. 

When I grew up, I really did not have to brush my teeth....my parents would give me the soap to wash my mouth out whenever I said a word like a swear word quite often.  I was not allowed to skirt the laws of the house by changing the word to a sound alike word.

[Sky727]

We were told growing up that people who cuss have a shallow and limited vocabulary..  But golly Gee Whiz it sure feels good to let her rip like a drill Sargent sometimes !! hahahah

[Tecate]

Bahahaha!

So, when I was just recently introduced to the family (a few years ago) we were sitting around the table after lunch and my brother in-law says that he believes that people who swear have a shallow and limited vocabulary, and that it is a sign of an uneducated person…

My wife (the ex-neurosurgeon) looks over at him and says “What the fuck?”, man the whole table of people started roaring with laughter. Even he started swearing under his breath.

I asked her after what that was all about and she said that he was just digging at me for being a bit redneck, and she decided to put a stop to it. It was hilarious. 

I find out later that he was a cholo (punk-ass street kid) and we get along like gang busters now.

Ha! Thanks for the reminder and the truth Max!

Tecate

[Byrd]

Does swearing make you stronger? Science says yes. 
subtitled: “A calorie-neutral, drug-free, low-cost, readily available tool for when we need a boost in performance.” 

As it turns out, hurling out a profanity might actually cause something called a “hypoalgesic effect."

Hypoalgesia, as far as I understand it, it the effect of reducing the intensity of pain.  Athletes recognize it as the 'pain or burn' you repeatedly push through until it's not really there anymore.  Housewives of old became tolerant of scalding hot water.  Pain is pain, but how it short-circuits you is another thing entirely...

Enter "curse words" or swearing...

It depends on your vocal habits.

In order to swear, I would have to actually think "what's a curse word" because it's something I don't do.  I will say "confound it!" or "Jimminy Christmas" or "ow" (when hurt)...but I don't "cuss."  It's something I have never done.

Turn it around, then... let's say you drop something or you hurt yourself...but instead of swearing you have to use words that you never use (like "substitute the ingredients in a recipe for Southern Tomato Pie (https://www.saveur.com/southern-tomato-pie-recipe/) instead of your usual litany of swear words")  So you drop a wrench and instead of **** you have to say "Roma tomato" or "black pepper" or "basil leaves".   It doesn't have the same impact and in addition to the annoyance of the dropped wrench you have to stop and think of appropriate words.  And you'd probably end up saying the same set of words over and over ("Roma Tomato!  Roma Tomato!  Black Pepper!  Roma Tomato!")

In a stressful situation, the added strain of having to come up with these words does not soothe; it adds extra burden to the situation.

Having something to vocalize in stress is helpful BUT there's nothing magical about Socially Unacceptable Words -- unless they're something you habitually use.

[Maxmars]

It depends on your vocal habits.

In order to swear, I would have to actually think "what's a curse word" because it's something I don't do.  I will say "confound it!" or "Jimminy Christmas" or "ow" (when hurt)...but I don't "cuss."  It's something I have never done.

...

In a stressful situation, the added strain of having to come up with these words does not soothe; it adds extra burden to the situation.

Having something to vocalize in stress is helpful BUT there's nothing magical about Socially Unacceptable Words -- unless they're something you habitually use.

The research paper at the article seems to center around two experiments meant to measure whether the use of swear words impacts strength and or endurance of pain.

Reportedly, the spontaneous disassociation of naturally present restraints of social and even intimate environments provides access to a reservoir of increased tolerances and energies. 

I would think that if one had access to that kind of reserve naturally, swearing would be more of a theatrical social display... than a physical manifestation of 'response' to shock, fear, pain, or maybe even anger.  Some might never really be 'driven' to curse out loud... except for effect.

But, you know me... just a explorer of the words published... and no manner of authority.

[Caligurl]

This year fucking sucked.

Glad it's fucking almost over.

Can't wait for fucking 2026.

fuck
[fək] verb

can be used in many ways and is probably the only fucking word,  that can be put every fucking where and still make fucking sense 

[rickymouse]

It depends on your vocal habits.

In order to swear, I would have to actually think "what's a curse word" because it's something I don't do.  I will say "confound it!" or "Jimminy Christmas" or "ow" (when hurt)...but I don't "cuss."  It's something I have never done.

Turn it around, then... let's say you drop something or you hurt yourself...but instead of swearing you have to use words that you never use (like "substitute the ingredients in a recipe for Southern Tomato Pie (https://www.saveur.com/southern-tomato-pie-recipe/) instead of your usual litany of swear words")  So you drop a wrench and instead of **** you have to say "Roma tomato" or "black pepper" or "basil leaves".   It doesn't have the same impact and in addition to the annoyance of the dropped wrench you have to stop and think of appropriate words.  And you'd probably end up saying the same set of words over and over ("Roma Tomato!  Roma Tomato!  Black Pepper!  Roma Tomato!")

In a stressful situation, the added strain of having to come up with these words does not soothe; it adds extra burden to the situation.

Having something to vocalize in stress is helpful BUT there's nothing magical about Socially Unacceptable Words -- unless they're something you habitually use.

When I was a kid, quite a few times I got a bar of soap stuck in my mouth for saying gees oh cripes.  Also darn it till the show that darn cat came out and my parents watched it.  What the F also was one of those things that got rewarded by a bar of soap.

If my behavior was bad...A tablespoon of Cod liver oil was the cure.

[fiveandtwo]

Go out and work on your car when it's 20 and have a wrench slip. You will invent a whole new vocabulary.

[fiveandtwo]

****
[fək] verb

can be used in many ways and is probably the only ****ing word,  that can be put every ****ing where and still make ****ing sense 

George Carlin did a funny performance about this.