The "F" bomb

[Talk Host]

As recently as 10 years ago, television programs didn't use the words damn and hell, and other mild 4 letter words. Then about 5 years ago, they were spoken but bleeped out. Then suddenly it became okay to use all of the mild 4 letter words without any qualms. P***ed off, B***h, B*****d, A** and so on.

Now, we are at a point where the "F" word is still spoken but it is "bleeped out." No mistake what the lips are saying.

Since that word is now part of the worldwide lexicon, and used by virtually everybody, when will it be spoken on TV as part of the normal dialogue?

It's gonna happen soon you know! I'll bet within a year.

JLK

[justanormalgirl]

I've noticed the same thing and frankly, I've been a bit shocked at some of the 'professionals' I hear using the 4 letter words on t.v. Regardless of how, when or why it's used the 'F-bomb' makes me cringe everytime I hear it, no matter who says it, like fingernails on a chalkboard!

[BeeGee]

I'm showing my age, but I do remember them and the fight they had each week with the show's censors. I too have noticed that it seems OK to say p***ed and the other words mentioned. It bothers me to see the values and morals that used to be the standard - just go away. We seem to be living in a society where nothing is "wrong" anymore. Yeah, the F word is probably next. Sad, but true:ohdear:

[iandwk]

I have always liked this quote, and consider it to be true.

Swearing is usually a good indicator of an inadequate vocabulary with which one is unable to adequately express their true feelings in an appropriate manner.

I don't know who said it.

[Talk Host]

For the past six months, I've been playing golf every Wednesday with a foursome that includes a very laid back, quite cardiologist who is of Pakistani origin. He usually says about 10 words during the whole match. He is an excellent golfer.

Two weeks ago he was having a bad putting day. When he missed the third short putt, I heard every variation of the "F" word that has been uttered and then some. Like the drill instructors back at Parris Island. The whole while he was swinging his putter over his head like a bolo.

JLK

[graciegirl]

I have always liked this quote, and consider it to be true.

Swearing is usually a good indicator of an inadequate vocabulary with which one is unable to adequately express their true feelings in an appropriate manner.

I don't know who said it.

Excellent. Nicely said....and pretty soon I am gonna suspect you of being one of those gol darned English Majors, iandwk!!!!

[CaliforniaGirl]

My dearly departed mother, who was the mother all my friends wished they had, never had a bad word to say about anybody...and I never heard her utter a curse word until she got hooked on PacMan in the 70's. Woke up one night to the sound of "You f*****g cheating b*****d!" I never told anybody while she was alive - it was our little closet secret :)

[chuckinca]

Now that's FUNNY


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[iandwk]

Excellent. Nicely said....and pretty soon I am gonna suspect you of being one of those gol darned English Majors, iandwk!!!!
That will be my wife, the English teacher, retired.

[Shimpy]

Swearing is a way to let off steam and it works for me. Last Mothers Day Obama said of his then chief of staff that Ron Emanual wasn't used to using the word "day" after mother. I guess it goes all the way to the white house.

[l2ridehd]

I remember a radio show in DC many years ago where the talk host, Grease Man Manielli, spelled wrong I am sure, but he had another word for every bad word there was. Once you listened to him a few times you picked up on his alternate language. He could talk about anything and use his word substitution and be understood by all. He is probably still on the air somewhere.

[Boomer]

Even though I was a teeny-tiny baby at the time (Yes. Uh-huh. Fer sher. That's it. That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.) I somehow remember when there was quite a tizz over Jack Paar saying, "water closet" on the Tonight Show.

Boomer

[tpop1]

I have always liked this quote, and consider it to be true.

Swearing is usually a good indicator of an inadequate vocabulary with which one is unable to adequately express their true feelings in an appropriate manner.

I don't know who said it.
...and the "F" word is used mostly when one is not intelligent to think of a better word!!!

[LuvItHere]

My dearly departed mother, who was the mother all my friends wished they had, never had a bad word to say about anybody...and I never heard her utter a curse word until she got hooked on PacMan in the 70's. Woke up one night to the sound of "You f*****g cheating b*****d!" I never told anybody while she was alive - it was our little closet secret :)

That's the best one yet!

[redwitch]

There is only one curse phrase that bothers me and I get the urge to chastise a person every time I hear it. I've sent emails to TV shows because it has now become acceptable -- putting the Lord's name before "damned." That, to me, is much more obscene than the F word.

Course, it might be that I don't mind what words people use because I can probably out curse them. I know I can cuss wayyyy better than any sailor I've ever met. And we won't even discuss my first words in English, but suffice it to say we can across on a troop ship and a certain greeting got the biggest grin when said to another soldier. (If you ever want to hear the phrase, just ask me but TH would ban me for this life and any other lives I might have if I posted it here -- even abbreviated.)

[graciegirl]

There is only one curse phrase that bothers me and I get the urge to chastise a person every time I hear it. I've sent emails to TV shows because it has now become acceptable -- putting the Lord's name before "damned." That, to me, is much more obscene than the F word.

Course, it might be that I don't mind what words people use because I can probably out curse them. I know I can cuss wayyyy better than any sailor I've ever met. And we won't even discuss my first words in English, but suffice it to say we can across on a troop ship and a certain greeting got the biggest grin when said to another soldier. (If you ever want to hear the phrase, just ask me but TH would ban me for this life and any other lives I might have if I posted it here -- even abbreviated.)

Hmmm. Is this kinda like what the girl said to the sailor???

[ijusluvit]

Years ago, and for many years, there was a popular morning jock team in Buffalo, called Taylor and Moore. Harve Moore had this deep metallic voice and often read his original stories: Adventures from the Land of Fa. The key character was the king. You take it from there...
The funniest thing was how well a bunch of naughty words were disguised at a time when censors monitored everything. It was George Carlin/Smothers Bros. style and you either like that kind or satire or not.

[Whatever]

Today, little is censored. Listen to some of the "rap music" that is played on the boom boxes that are often in the car next to you, bursting your ear drums as well as vibrating your car, at multiple decibles and you will get my drift. Further along the line, the use of foul language often tells you that those people tend to be lowlifes and much of the language used, denigrates women. Is it no wonder that the young people, our grand children, pick up on this trash and treat their mothers, sisters and girlfriends aand teachers with a lack of respect. Certainly, censors have their place in our society and ought start with this type of "expression". And, is it really necessary to see these rappers holding onto their crotch as if there is something there.
It is easy to look the other way and say taht these youngsters are merely expressing there culture. Well, what culture is that?
Thanks for letting me get on the soap box. I would say much more, but I think the point is made.

[Walt.]

What I find kind of interesting is when someone on TV says "God damn" they usually bleep out God. What is that all about?

[thistrucksforyou]

[QUOTE=Talk Host;305088]For the past six months, I've been playing golf every Wednesday with a foursome that includes a very laid back, quite cardiologist who is of Pakistani origin. He usually says about 10 words during the whole match. He is an excellent golfer.

Two weeks ago he was having a bad putting day. When he missed the third short putt, I heard every variation of the "F" word that has been uttered and then some. Like the drill instructors back at Parris Island. The whole while he was swinging his putter over his head like a bolo.

JLK[/QUOT

I don't care who you are ,,,,THATS FUNNY !!!

[BlueHeronFan]

Some of the cable channels are already using "S..T" un-bleeped. Somewhere it became official that it wasn't banned anymore. Even "South Park" had an episode where they attempted to use the word in the un-banned manner, and then had a tally going every time they used it. Got over 200 tallys.

I remember when commercials couldn't even advertize a woman's bra on a real person.
Then there were the twin beds for married couples, and one foot had to be on the floor at all times. Remember Rob & Laura....LOL

[graciegirl]

Ah yes. The epitome of romance was Rock Hudson and Doris Day and they never removed articles of clothing from each other on the big screen.

[Ajack]

Ah yes. The epitome of romance was Rock Hudson and Doris Day and they never removed articles of clothing from each other on the big screen.

Yup Gracie, but Rock Hudson would not make it today. Everybody in Hollywood knew his sexual identity but the public did not have a clue. Sorry state of affairs today is that privacy is almost nonexistent.

[ceejay]

Years ago, and for many years, there was a popular morning jock team in Buffalo, called Taylor and Moore. Harve Moore had this deep metallic voice and often read his original stories: Adventures from the Land of Fa. The key character was the king. You take it from there...
The funniest thing was how well a bunch of naughty words were disguised at a time when censors monitored everything. It was George Carlin/Smothers Bros. style and you either like that kind or satire or not.

I remember them well...they were hilarious!

My youngest son is now 30 and never ceases to remind me that I said the "F"
word once when he was about 8...must have made quite an impression on him!

It's not only the swearing on television that amazes me...it's the content of the discussions....Two and a Half Men comes to mind...I can't believe what they get away with! :22yikes:

[BaylorBear]

For the past six months, I've been playing golf every Wednesday with a foursome that includes a very laid back, quite cardiologist who is of Pakistani origin. He usually says about 10 words during the whole match. He is an excellent golfer.

Two weeks ago he was having a bad putting day. When he missed the third short putt, I heard every variation of the "F" word that has been uttered and then some. Like the drill instructors back at Parris Island. The whole while he was swinging his putter over his head like a bolo.

JLK

I would think that sort of behavior would eliminate that man from any foursome --- PERIOD! That sort of outburst, even within a male foursome seems totally uncalled for! Sorry to be a prude!

In the South, ladies (as opposed to "femaled") don't swear, but you can take it to the bank that when a Southern lady invokes the term "Well, bless your heart", that IS NOT what she really means! And, she did it without stooping to vulgar language.

THAT IS KNOWN, AS MY DADDY USED TO SAY, THE "ART OF NASTY NICE"!:wave:

[billethkid]

in school is merely a reflection of the passive permissiveness we have allowed our values to degenerate.
In my house, my kids, grandkids and visitors get an ear full from me when they use the so called acceptable alternates to the f bomb like freakin' or friggin'.

Over the years I have been tested from time to time by one or another of my kids when the "forgot" and blurted the f bomb. They are then and there advised the next time they get invited out of the house.

I am not a prude either. But we do have certain values I grew up with and intend to keep....regardless the degeneration of core values around us.

btk

[iandwk]

in school is merely a reflection of the passive permissiveness we have allowed our values to degenerate.
In my house, my kids, grandkids and visitors get an ear full from me when they use the so called acceptable alternates to the f bomb like freakin' or friggin'.

Over the years I have been tested from time to time by one or another of my kids when the "forgot" and blurted the f bomb. They are then and there advised the next time they get invited out of the house.

I am not a prude either. But we do have certain values I grew up with and intend to keep....regardless the degeneration of core values around us.

btk
Amen! I fear we will be the last generation to take this kind of a stand.

[BritParrothead]

We do seem to hear the 'F' word quite a bit on English TV, BUT only after the watershed time of 9.00 pm. I really do not like this word!
I remember about 12 years ago, a country music station in London ( yes we do have them) played Jimmy Buffetts' song, Why dont we get drunk and s***w. I nearly choked on my margarita :D