THOUGHTS ON CURSING

I am guilty of cursing through all my life and much of it in rapt abandonment, and maybe that's because I hang with guys or because I worked in bars for most of my life where it's as real as it gets. Which ever it was, I still enjoy a couple phrases uttered in solid disbelief or utter glee of what particular dramatic moment has just occured.

One of the first words my very prim daughter after dropping her bottle at 14 months uttered was, S___. In fact I think its the only curse work Ive ever heard her say so I guess that word is as consistent as she is......I know its old as she is.

My Moms word was, Damn when she was upset, but one day she was upset with some person at church and was really throwing the flack around, then she called him a Bastard. My Dad and I almost fell face down on the dinner table when she let that one go. Because the distance from Damn to Bastard for her was, walking from one coast to the other. I was personally proud of her as it was a step up from reprobate, her normal utterance at the displeasure of men.

My favorite one is F---. Now there's a word with personality expressed in multiple ways that defines a situation unlike any other. There's drama, and stature in that spoken word. It's a word that has to be thrown into the world with power. Or with quiet bewilderment accompanied by the inflection of three sounds that start high with the first word, drop to a lower scale and even out somewhere around the middle of the last word to really make that question theatre worthy, try it.

You can ask "what the f " and not even have to have an explanation for what the exclamation is about. Its simply a call to attention, to keep those around you alert for what is happening in their vicinity.

Curse words help us divulge emotion, intent and rage for any situation known to man in the worlds hardest to learn language which is probably why babies and foreigners learn that part of our language first.

Damn, exposes the complete futility of a situation or the complete surprise of something startling and outrageous. I dont know if all cultures enter into a chorus line on the word Damn, but Black do and its always hillarious when at least three of them do it together.
I know comedians get carried away, those with a short vocabulary wear it out as cursing isnt for everyone and that should be respected but for those that fine pure poetry in the uttered profanity, long live the King.