F$#@! Bombs

good post, good reminder. 

   In the Army, way back in the sixties, in normal workday conversation, every other word was some sort of f-bomb or another.  A bit like the  Chinese language tho. With different inflections the word had a thousand or perhaps an infinite number of meanings.
    We reflected upon this at the time and came to the conclusion that it was a fine art form worthy of respect and admiration.
   We could't have communicated without it.We had nuance.The universal adjective.

 Some among us were truly gifted artists in this regard.

used sparingly, it has weight and meaning. Overused, it becomes "UM" "LIKE"

oh and loved the colorful metaphor bit from Star Trek. 

Some among us were truly gifted artists in this regard.

oh and loved the colorful metaphor bit from Star Trek. 

You guys just reminded me of Darrin McGavin's character in "a Christmas story"

"...he worked in profanity the way other artists worked in clay or oils...it was his true medium"
 

mooch u say F bombs?

sadly I have But sometimes I try to substitute with the word "Efer" instead

In the Army, way back in the sixties, in normal workday conversation, every other word was some sort of f-bomb or another.  A bit like the  Chinese language tho. With different inflections the word had a thousand or perhaps an infinite number of meanings.

It wasn't any different in the late 80s and early 90s. You can take a soldier out of the Army, but you can't take the F bombs out of the soldier. They still pop out, thankfully usually only in the proper environment.

 I think I missed an earlier post that was here but its gone now. Any clues? Thanks Craig

I used to swear a lot, when I had kids I didn't want smak them around for using words that I did so I stopped almost compleatly. Now the only time I swear is when I lose a nice fish.
 If I swear around the house a lot the Wife thinks I'm stressed out and she tells me to go fishing.
 If I want to hear swearing I just piss her off  then  she tells me to get out of the house and go fishing.  Win Win

  I don't recall ever having used the word in print and I rarely swear anymore in conversation  these days.
   
     Last year I lost a 20# halibut that was in the net but broke loose.  I broke loose also, fluently and at length.  It helped with the pain.

   

Blue. that is funny.

f word is a unique word , so many uses. George carlin was real fond of it.

I was sitting at a stoplight near the house this a.m. watching the lady in front of me dinking with her iphone while the light went from red to green to yellow and her stomping on the gas just in time to get through as it went red

It's a really long red light with a short green on our side and I was in caffeine deficit, so out comes the f word before I could stop myself, then I hear this little voice from the backseat asking "Why you say that word?" (my 4 year old was off school today) so I said "What word?" and he repeats it back

Stunned I said as sincerely as I could muster "No...duck!...duck! did you see the duck?" and pointed out the window at the "duck" which he thought was pretty amusing, but not because there were any ducks around

Now I just have to get down on my knees and pray he doesn't repeat that one to his mama

That's too funny. Reminds me of a story my wife once told me.

My wife was driving in heavy traffic with my then 5 year old daughter in the back seat when a driver cut her off. My wife slammed on the brakes to avoid an accident, but had the presence of mind not to cuss at that moment. Just then a little voice from the back seat said "mommy...aren't you going to call her a F*$%" That was the moment my wife realized just how much the little ones hear. I don't think my daughter had any clue what the meant, but she had obviously figured out the general idea of when to use it.

Sign language version.
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Looks like a college class... bet mom and dad are real proud... that's how we are spending our money! or taxpayers

A little linguistic tidbit: The "F" word is essentially the only "infix" in English, as in un-f#@*in'-believable, fan-f#@*in'-tastic, white-f#@*ing-sea bass, NC-f#@*in'-KA, etc.

It really can be a colorful word . . . used in the appropriate time and place, of course.