What do you consider swearing?

[daydream**believer]

For me, there is no question that the words that start with F, C and even the S word are swearing.

I never use the C word but i will admit to very occasionally using the other two.

I dont count the female dog word as a swear word, but, i would not allow my kids to use it. Its an adult word imo.

I think people who use alternate words in place of swear words, like shoot, fiddlesticks etc, are swearing. IMO if you slip a word in place of a swear word, then that makes it a swear word by proxy

[freakiness]

It's even worse if it has dumb in front of it freaky, maybe that's what he was called.

nah, he was a black one

[freddie*rooster]

Oooops :^O

[cosmosgrove]

I've given a lot of thought and had a lot of discussion over people's dislike of the C word.  Some say it is the ultimate swear word.  Is there a reason people here don't like it/use it?

It's strange how a term for a part of female anatomy is generally seen to be the worse word that you can utter, seen as much worse than the equivalent male term. It's kind of offensive really :^O

I have a bit of a gutter mouth, if I'm stressed, frustrated, angry I let them fly. But I do follow restraint and do not swear in certain environments and around certain people. I'm a face painter and hate it when adults stand and swear while around the children, I tell people off and don't tolerate it at all when I'm in that position. Some tamer words may just get a glare from me others I'll actually ask them to watch their language around the children.

I actually really hate hearing young ones calling each other the N word, this horrifies me and I don't understand it, it's not a swear word but one I find much more offensive.

[i-need-a-martini]

I think the C word is less acceptable only because it is so new. All the others have been around for generations and suddenly the C word appeared 5 years ago.

The first time I heard it I was shocked. Now I hear it so often that it doesn't phase me too much although I still am a little stunned initially.

But it is a bit like the female dog word - it isn't a word you use in frustration. It is usually a word you use to someone so immediately has an added aggression that other swear words don't have.

[cherry*135]

suddenly the C word appeared 5 years ago.

Is that a typo?

[cosmosgrove]

It's a very old word, but became more widely know throughout the 1970's, I was certainly exposed to the work alot in the 80's but rarely hear it know. Probably says more about the company i was keeping at the time :^O

[cosmosgrove]

*word not the work :8}

[i-need-a-martini]

I know it has been around for yonks but it has never been an acceptable word to use. I didn't know that it was widely used in the 70's cosmo and I never heard it in the 80's.

I say 5 years ago because I was teaching uni at the time and the word just rocket in to every day use amongst the 18-22 year age group. It suddenly became 'fashionable' to use it as an everyday swear word.

It's a bit like the word gay. Has been used for decades to describe homosexuals but in the last 3 (?) years it has taken on another meaning really quickly and is becoming an every day use.

[the*scarlet*pimpernel]

still trying to work out what the N word is 😐

[kopenhagen5]

What do you consider swearing?

It's not necessarily a word but the negative form of expression that has been considered vulgar, blasphemous or swearing. And still is IMO. I still haven't used the B word or anything stronger. (Bloody)  Actually I once said the S word when I inadvertently put my hand on live 240 volt bare terminals.