Do people really say “frickin’”? I’ve always been a believer in the view that one should either curse, or else one should not curse. These gosh darn stand-in profanity terms are just silly.I entirely agree, except for the "not curse" part. I think that people should have no qualms about it and sometimes wonder when and how the concept of "cursing" even came into being. Most cursing is just an expression of anger (or some sort of extreme emotion), and telling people not to use said words is in effect telling them to repress those emotions. And, of course, telling people that using sweeter-soundinig (are they even sweeter sounding?) euphemisms (are they even really euphemisms?) such as "frickin" or "heck" to project a certain extreme emotion in place of another completely arbitrary word seems nonsensical.
What do you folks think?
2 comments:
I curse in front of my students whenever I get really ticked off or when I'm talking one-to-one with a student. I know, I'm a bad role model.
But in all honesty, it's the only language they'll really respond to. It's surprising how much attention you get from the class when you drop the f-bomb for the first time.
I think there's a time and place for it. Cursing for the sake of cursing is just meaningless and rude.
Cursing does lose its power as a exclamation the more it is used but it certainly still retains values as an emphasis word. However this only comes in reference to it's absence (it has built onto itself through repeated usage). Which seems more powerful: "I can't get a job" or "I can't get a fuckin' job". Given the same intonation (the second only stressing "fuckin'" differently along with it being a new word in the second sentence).
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