Hardly anyone seems phased by the use of profanity in lyrics anymore, even when the F word is used explicitly, so, when do you use the word Fuck?

Fuck yeah, I’m fucking old and decrepit, too.

I live in a house with 4 other college guys. I say it all the fucking time in the house and it absolutely does not have to be because of anger. I do say it when I’m annoyed or angry, though. In public situations or at home with my family, I rarely use it.

I’ll have to pay more attention to my usage of it to really answer this question properly, but I know I tend to use it pretty casually around my friends and siblings. When I really want to express anger, I will use “god damn”. I definitely do not use that one casually (and that comes from being raised Christian and being taught that it was a sin to say it).

I love the word but I try to use it sparingly so that when it comes out of my (innocent seeming) face or typing fingers, it seems to have a bit more impact. I’d use it in every part of speech but my favorite is as an insertion… infuckingcredible, fanfuckingtastic.

Better question: when do I not use it.

I was driving the other day and had some friends in the car who thought it was hilarious that I called someone a “douchefuck” and another a “fucktard” but very calmly. I use the word all the time.

Never.

I use it when I’m fucking angry. My cell phone provider screwed up (long story) and I had to pay and extra $150 this past Wednesday or we would have no phone service. The money was not in the budget. When I thought the person on the phone put me on hold I said to myself “this is fucking ridiculous”. She heard me and told me to be professional. They were the one not being professional, not holding up their end of the deal. Fucking bitch. haha

I give the gift of music instead!

I rarely say “fuck” in conversation except around a few friends. I never use it to swear at people (such as “fuck you” or “you’re fucking stupid”. In fact, I’m more likely to call people stupid without the qualifier.) It’s not that I find the word vulgar or profane, it’s just not one embedded in my vocalized vocabulary.

In writing, “fuck” comes up quite often. It’s only a word. It means what I need it to mean.

@jonsblond Good grief! That’s ridiculous. Why should you be “professional”? Being ripped off isn’t your profession, is it?
Fuckin’ douch basters.

P.S. Phased was my own poetic license play on the word fazed.

More than I should. I have kind of a potty mouth. Though I have been almost completely successful in purging the phrases “god-fucking-dammit” and “Jesus-fucking-Christ” from my vocabulary, out of respect for the older, more traditional and religious folks who might be within ear shot of my mouth. And I do try to remember where I am and keep the fucks and shits from flying out where they might be really inappropriate but I am not always successful at that. I do curse but it’s a fairly spontaneous response to some screw up of mine or some random idiot on the road. Generally, my daily speech is not peppered with profanity for no good reason. That’s no defense, just my own bad habits.

@lillycoyote . . . my current favorite is, oh for fuck’s sake

“For fuck’s sake” is a favorite of mine. I used that on the street today when I was cut off by a once-yearly driver and it made my maiden aunt laugh out loud and smack me.
I am also fond of T or GTFO (tits, or get the fuck out) as an argument ender when someone can’t prove their point to me.

My husband had me so flustered one time during an argument, all I could spit out was “you fucking fucker fucker fuck”. That one became a favorite of ours for quite a long time. glad I can laugh about it now. ;)

First, thanks for the new ideas on using the word fuck. For fuck’s sake is certainly going to be used at some point in the near future.

I mostly say fuck only to my husband. hahahahaha not the way you’re thinking, you sluts! Both of us will throw it around casually in conversation but only when the kids aren’t around and we aren’t in a place where me might offend someone. When I’m alone and hurt myself, or if I’m alone in the car and get mad at someone, I’ll yell out a fuck or two. My husband’s family isn’t shocked by a fuck here or there, but mine would be. For them, the f word is reserved for the most drastic of situations.

The word doesn’t usually bother or offend me personally in songs or movies, and I would be very angry if someone yelled it at me, like “Fuck you.” I don’t like to have people speak that way around my children, even though they are all old enough now to a) already know it’s a swear word and b) could probably use it correctly in a sentence and c) already know better than to even think about using that word anywhere there’s a remote chance we’d hear them. :)

@MissAusten I was looking around the toy department in a store the other day and couldn’t believe my ears. There was a man throwing the word around left and right. My daughter wasn’t with me, but it still offended me. That language needs to stay away from the toy department. imo fuckers

I am definitely on the For Fuck’s Sake! team.

Every other word out of my mouth seems to be FUCK. When I’m at home that is.

I’m a huge fan of the word, I swear no other word in the english language can me used like fuck, you can put it smack dab in the middle of another word and it’ll still make sense… Like re-fuckin-diculous, beau-ti-fuckin-ful, abso-fuckin-lutely, a-fuckin-mazing are just a couple examples I can think of right now.

That word is simply absent from the vocabulary of any decent person. If words were scheduled like drugs (US), it would be a schedule 1 word—not to be used under any circumstances.

“Profanity is the weapon of the witless”

I guess I’m indecent and witless, because I swear like a sailor.

I’m a huge fan of using the f-word as an interfix. As in below:

Do I use the f-word? Abso-fuckin’lutely. ;)

It’s random.
Not even close to daily, if not weekly, probably utter it a few times a month and usually under humorous circumstance of some sort of.

Once in a great while I will say a rousing ‘Fuck!’ reserved mostly for injurious moments.

April 15th. ;)

@lucillelucillelucille
Heh…yep, 1st class to hell! lol

Well. I brought this up with Dad now and he swears it stands for “Fornication.Under.Consent. (of the)King)” Used to justify sailors’ behavior in ports and excuse them from unforseen pregnancies.
I had a class in women’s studies where it was explained as an old scarlet letter brand “For. Unlawful.Carnal.Knowledge.”

I like either explanation. The word has been around for a long time and if Shakespeare had used it, it would not be a bone of contention. We’d have a different one.

I used to have a mouth like a truck driver, until I started teaching. I cut back quite a bit. I have to keep myself in check when around the chil’rens.

@Blueroses

Those “explanations” are nothing but backronyms.

@DominicX Yes, I just like it anyway… and it makes me think about how many of our words take on social implications based on rumors.

I love the term backronym!

I say Motherfucker constantly. Fuck that shit and Jesus Fucking Christ as well.

I’m a potty mouth :/

I prefer to use friggin’. Just in case I slip up and swear in front of Mom. Who, I remember when I was young, cussed up a storm.

@FutureMemory now see, that’s just what I meant. You don’t post those words often so I’d never have guessed you were a motherfucker!. I just love it when I assume somebody is conservative in language and then they let go with a great ” Ya cocksmokin’ sperm-burping butt baby!”! aka ‘retarded anal bead’

@Blueroses I swore more on Fluther when I was a newer member. I think the site has been a good influence on me as far as learning to express myself without always having to resort to tons of profanity.

Real life is a different story. If I’m with my friends, or male members of the family the shits, fucks, assholes, etc flow freely.

There’s still a bit of old-fashioned guy in me that I try to restrain myself around women.

I don’t see anything wrong with what the word describes, the act of fucking is a normal and natural thing to me. If it is supposed to be a bad word because the thing it describes is bad, I would suggest to all that fuck be made a normal word, and instead be replaced with the words pedophile and/or rape. If it is seen as a bad word simply because so many people see it as a bad word, then I would say present logical reasons why it is bad, or stop saying it is bad, so to avoid appeal to popularity fallacies.

I would argue that not only is the word not a bad word, but that it is useful, and when used properly serves to enhance your vocabulary.

There are some times when it should not be used, for example, some people replace ummm and errr with fuck. e.g. “the other day i was hungry, so i went to errm you know, fucking whats it called, the shop” In this case it is a bad word, but only because of the context, the words “apple” and “shoe” would have been just as bad in its place.

To me, the word fuck can help emphasize things, for example, if i tell you my friend is crazy you wont think he is as crazy as my other friend who is absolutely fucking crazy, and if i tell you im angry you wont think im as angry as the other day when i was really fucking angry.

It also helps modify meanings, for example, “what is wrong with you?” sounds like im asking someone who is rolling round the floor in pain what their injury is, where if i say “what is fucking wrong with you?” it sounds like im asking someone to justify their actions.

To me, vulgar language is different, its all about meaning and context. to me “I would really like to fuck that hot gogo dancer” is simply a statement of fact, and the statement “I really love sticking my cock in little girls” is vulgar, as the thing it describes is immoral.

As for insults, they need to make a claim of some kind, and be at least 50% not true. for example “fuck you” makes no claim, and as such cant be tested for truth. however, “you always lie” does make a claim, and you could determine if the person does lie. If they do lie, then its just a statement of fact, if they dont lie, then you just made a slanderous insult against them.

That’s more or less my view on the subject.

I swear quite a lot, whether in French or English, so much so that there really isn’t any specific occasion or moment to account any of it to. But damn it, whenever I swear, it’s always from the heart, man, whether it’s because I’m pissed, amazed or just wanting to be funny.

@DominicX Gets extra points backronyms, which I was familiar with but couldn’t think of the term off the cuff when @Blueroses wrote that.

I am a fucking potty mouth. And ‘fuck’ can be used in so many ways! Proper English with the F word.

Hehehe Augustlan said FUCK

Oh, Augs can swear like a truck driver when she has the mind to do so.

♪♫ What shall we do with a drunken moderator?
What shall we do with a drunken moderator
Ear-lie in the morning…

@Blueroses Shave her belly with a rusty razor!

I am not drunk. I swears. I couldn’t even finish the one Rolling Rock I tried to drink tonight! Belly full of pie, is the problem. :p

Hey, @augustlan, who edited “old and decrepit” from the topics???? Now my post just looks fucking stupid!!!

In moments of extreme anger or pleasure. Throw in the occasional random utterance just for the hell of it & there you have it.

@JilltheTooth They were gone by the time I got here… I was wondering about that!

Oh, well, by now everybody already thinks I’m a nincompoop, so I guess no harm, no foul… <sigh>

@JilltheTooth It doesn’t look fucking stupid – but you look a little old and decrepit.

:o

Thanks. :-P At least I still have all my hair! and probably yours, too…

I say it all the fucking time.

@augustlan You actually drink Rolling Rock? I only know it’s beer from AVGN, but still, I wanna try some.

@Symbeline It’s my favorite beer, but not one that many other people seem to like as much as I do. It’s not a ‘good’ beer. But from an ice cold bottle, it does the trick for me. :)

I was always told I was a dork for liking Rolling Rock, especially since I didn’t like Coors.

Coors is piss-water. Just sayin’.

@augustlan – I don’t know if you can accuse Coors of being piss-water when you’re using Rolling Rock as a comparison, though. Just sayin. ;-)

@iamthemob Ok, but RR is better tasting piss-water. :p

I can’t argue with that. ;-)

Only when I’m really REALLY mad, and never in front of the kids.

What about inappropriate places you’ve used profanity?

At a recent dental appointment, after having endured a rather long drilling session, the dentist must have realized I hadn’t felt any pain yet because all of a sudden he drilled very deeply prompting me to let out a very loud and sudden “AW, FUCK!” to everyone’s surprise (including mine). I apologized, but he didn’t seem phased at all…haha I wonder why.

Oh, @FutureMemory , I have a ton of those, usually involving being home on vacation during during my first year in college where, it seems, all filters had been removed without my knowledge.

I can’t believe this fucking thread is still going. ;-)

Isn’t it in the guidelines that “fuck” threads have to have at least 100 fucking answers?

@iamthemob you better fucking believe it is

I use it occasionally when it is attached to the word asshole. As in “fucking asshole”.

Well this question is going to hell in a fuck bucket. lol

I was once attempting to try on 2 summer dresses, an exercise made impossible by the combination of my wheelchair and a changing room the size of a broom cupboard. Was I was unbelievably frustrated and vented my frustration by saying very loudly ” Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!” My daughter enjoyed the episode greatly, my partner also, but neither more than I… one of the sales assistants took pity on me and suggested we go to the public restroom so I could use the disabled loo and try the clothes on… suffice to say I bought both dresses and wore them to death.

I generally don’t do it in inappropriate places… I just use it in the silliest ways. One of my recent sayings is fucky-fucky-hell-hell. Then there’s fuckety-fuck-fuck, and my casual, I-could-hardly-be-bothered kiss off: fuck ya’.

@augustlan I use fuckety-fuck too.

And when I’m really annoyed, “Oh, Fucky-Poo.” seems to help.

When something goes wrong I usually mutter “For Fuck Sake” or txt FFS!!

Whenever the fuck I feel like it.

Now go make me a fucking sandwich.

@bob_ : What’s it fucking? Another sandwich? If so, if you wait, maybe you’ll get sliders.

I’m fazed by your use of “phased” when you clearly mean “fazed.”

@Rhodentette ; Look at the avatar. He could easily be referring to the interdimensional shifting (phasing) of one’s consciousness by the jarring use of profanity. XP

@JilltheTooth I seriously doubt that. I’ve seen enough use of “phased” in place of “fazed” to realise that this is a thing now, and I don’t think it’s okay.

I don’t assume, on public fora, that everyone who reads what I write will be acquainted with a particular breed of slang that I use, so I don’t use it. I don’t think the asker’s use of “phased” in place of “fazed” was clever or intentional.

It was just a joke, @Rhodentette, just a little joke.

@JilltheTooth I’m not a Trekkie. I apologise for my lack of understanding of your humour.

@Rhodentette : BTW, here ya go.

Back.

Fuck, yeah!

We really fucking missed ya, fella!

Fuck Thanks babes. Missed ya too.

I just found this question, courtesy of @JilltheTooth. I’m laughing my fucking ass off. And I spit my drink out AGAIN when I saw @Coloma say “fuck bucket” up above! I am shocked and appalled, I tell you!