So I was trying to fit this in as a third “Sunday-Funday”
post… but this has turned into a Monday night post…but eh…it happens…but guess
what…it is now become a Tuesday night post…
So today I was listening to the radio and one of my new
favorite songs came on, Payphone by Maroon 5…now I am a huge fan of the band
and they are high on my list of people I would love to meet in real life and
hang out with. So as I am listening to the song and I am hearing these awkward
gaps in the lyrics…everything was rhyming…everything seemed to be going
smoothly…but something was missing…as I sat and listened through the song
concentrating hard on the lyrics and swerving all over the road…I realized the
song was being censored…so when I got home…I decided to delve into the YouTube
world and listen to the “uncensored version”…and wowza…I LOVE ME SOME
PROFANITY!
I love when people use “bad language” and curse in normal
conversation and I love when I hear it in music. I for one try to keep my
vocabulary as cuss free, proper, and clean as possible (everyone reading this
who ACTUALLY knows me, probably just
rolled their eyes) but I can’t help but drop a few f-bombs from time to time.
I did not start using “bad language” until around 7th grade
and even then I felt like cursing was the equivalent of setting something on
fire or grand theft auto. I would go about my day saying words like “narf”,
“dang”, and the ever stupid “fudge”.
My first time cursing in public was when I was reading a
story out loud in 6th grade and in the reading was the word HELL
(dun dun dunnnnn). I was so scared by the word and the possible repercussions of saying it that I (to save the virgin ears of
the other students and my teacher) pronounced the word hell as “H-E-
double hockey sticks” and when my teacher said it was ok to say “it” I remember
feeling like someone had just punched me in the stomach and the class gasp. It
was traumatizing and I will remember it to this day…the giggling still haunts
me every time I close my eyes…
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| ...just saying it makes me feel dirty.... |
Anyway, I know that some people grew up with cursing…but I seriously
grew up with the idea that bad words were a direct way to get hit with a wooden
spoon (crazy Italians)…in fact now that I look back on my childhood…my parents
actually cursed a lot…just not in English…
In honesty…I am sure some folks can remember when they
actually heard their first "f__k" or "s_it." I even
remember when my brother, Silvio, started using curse words (it was during a
baseball game…he was pitching…and cursing A LOT…The Torre family took T-ball
very seriously)
Anyway, sometimes I feel like there is a need for a good “curse”…for
example…
If something drops on your foot…curse
If someone cuts your off while driving…curse
Your friend becomes a Sloppopotamus…curse
You become a Sloppopotamus…curse
You wake up from a coma…curse
Papercut…curse
Curse…curse…curse…curse
I however get extreme satisfaction when certain people curse
and the methods of there verbal dirtiness
For example…I have an uncle who starts every conversation
with “OH SHIT!” …it could be the most innocent of conversations…but every line
starts with “OH SHIT!”:
Uncle Torre: OH SHIT, Did you see what your aunt made for
dinner?
Matteo/Me: Yes Uncle Torre
Uncle Torre: OH SHIT, Doesn’t it look good?…OH SHIT. You
know why she made it?…because OH SHIT!, she loves you!!.
My father’s favorite curse: “Sonna-bitch-an-bastard”
say it really fast and combine everyword…he uses it for
everything…
I feel also to lighten up and add some new punch into curse
words (as well as some good practice for the SATs) is to add some sort of
colorful adjective before hand…my adjective of choice is: “thundering”
Examples
She can be a real "thundering b-tch" when she is angry!
She can be a real "thundering b-tch" when she is angry!
I just really enjoy the idea of cursing…I forgot what movie
or show I was watching once where it talked about how, “truly, there are so few
words in the English language…so we might as well you them all”.
So what makes swear words so “taboo” and what makes people
feel uncomfortable when using them? I have no idea…
I will post more soon!
CHEERS, SALUTE, CHIN CHIN!!!
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