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How do I stop swearing so much?
This thread my sound silly to some people, but this is becoming a bother to me.
My sailor mouth has got to go. When I was younger, I used to think swearing sounded "cool", so I literally trained myself to swear more often. I actually looked forward to when I would have to swear rwithout effort. Now, I am unable to stop swearing.
What's funny is, when I'm around my parents, family, an employer, or anyone else I don't want to hear me swear, I can do so easily. The problem is, when I enter a "social" situation, the the sailor suit goes on. I think I have a "swear" mode, and a "non-swear" mode for different situations.
I am tired of sounding like trailor trash.
Has anyone had this problem before and solved it?
hey u didnt use the words fuck or shit in the title...so its a good start....
do what homer did...everytime u swear put 25 cents in a jar
dude, shut the fuck up.
j/k
I don't have any real suggestions as of yet.
i have it except more extreme.. if i'm friends with colleagues i think nothing of swearing in front of them.. so far i've been pretty lucky hasn't happened with bad timing..
fvck has become the equivalent of geez in my vocab..
work in a catholic hospital 
i have..had.. a potty mouth (wtf, who says potty mouth?!) i just feel very uncomfortable swearing at work when there's a cross with christ in every room. plus, the nuns DO NOT wear their habits, so i can never tell who's a sister. imagine that - jesus, f'n christ...oh good morning sister 
so, i guess i've conditioned myself to not swear as much out of fear...of god?
the kicker?
i'm not even catholic 
It may be a good idea to keep on with your cursing if you can keep it controlled for certain situations.
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If cussing's a curse, not cussing's worse By Ruth Wajnryb November 29, 2003 First it was road rage. Then air rage, lift rage, phone rage and surf rage. Now, thanks to water restrictions, we have hose rage. At least there's some constancy in an age of flux. Now violence is a no-no, lacking any remedial attributes, but I am loath to condemn verbal assault. Notwithstanding the possible offence caused by blasphemy or obscenities, swearing seems to have two advantages. It releases impotent rage, enabling it to spill over and not escalate into the physical kind. And it actually indicates that things aren't too bad, after all. Let me explain by pointing you to a piece of research into stress and swearing, conducted about 40 years ago by Elizabeth Ross, who went with a team of university zoologists on an expedition to Arctic Norway. Eight people were involved, including three, non-swearing, women. The research, reported by Ashley Montagu in The Anatomy of Swearing, uncovered two kinds of swearing: social and annoyance. Under conditions of low or no stress, the swearing was of a social nature. This swearing was solidarity-oriented and accounted for most of the swearing on the expedition. Another factor in social swearing is the audience. In the presence of other swearers, swearing is mutually reinforcing. But the absence of an appreciative audience inhibits social swearing. In the week before the expedition, when the men had been together, swearing had been common and friendly. But they felt they had to watch their tongues when the women arrived, not only because of the gender factor but because they were new to a group that had already bonded. At one point during the expedition, half the group left on a separate trip, including the three non-swearers. The swearing rate among those who remained behind doubled and remained high, which boosted solidarity. Annoyance swearing was seen as different from social swearing. It occurred under conditions of low to medium stress and functioned irrespective of audience. In fact, as the stress increased, the social swearing went down and the annoyance swearing went up. As the stress continued to rise, social swearing ceased, while annoyance swearing continued to a point and then dropped. In high-stress situations, swearing stopped altogether. One inference to be drawn here is that annoyance swearing in moderately stressful circumstances is a sign that a situation is not unbearable. It is not necessary, of course, to go all the way to Artic Norway to find out that swearing is socially acquired, not genetic, and that it is a stress-relieving strategy. Bottom line: if you're worried about which laid-off employee is going to show up with a semi-automatic and shoot up the office, be wary of the non-swearers. [email protected] |
Re: How do I stop swearing so much?
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| Originally posted by The Highroller ... I am tired of sounding like trailor trash. |
Re: Re: How do I stop swearing so much?
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| Originally posted by MarkT first you need to work on not *looking* like trailer trash |
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| Originally posted by st0ka. do what homer did...everytime u swear put 25 cents in a jar |
Can't do the swear jar. I put all my change into a jar already. 
Re: Re: How do I stop swearing so much?
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| Originally posted by MarkT just ask your friends to smack you everytime you swear...classic aversion conditioning technique...you'll stop fucking swearing pretty quick |
don't stop fuck.
fuckin hell, how the fuck are we supposed to fuckin know how the fuck you are supposed to fuckin stop swearing.???
Re: How do I stop swearing so much?
there is a solution for this, it just needs some guts to execute it,and it's not easy.
this is the key:
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| Originally posted by The Highroller when I'm around my parents, family, an employer, or anyone else I don't want to hear me swear, I can do so easily. |
insert swear joke here.....
"Fucked if I know
"
poor Graham.. you have so far asked the wrong people..LOL
I understand what you are saying though.. I have gotten a pretty bad potty mouth myself over the years.. and it has just gotten worse..
I just know when to control it and when not too..
We had a swear jar growing up as well for our whole family at one point in time when all us kids hit teenagers.. and you know who contributed the most change to the jar.. my mother....LOL... so I guess that says it all right there on why my potty mouth is as bad as it is... 
shit fuck damn shit fukker@
PLUR GUYS PLURRRRR!!!!!!!!
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| Originally posted by milos PLUR GUYS PLURRRRR!!!!!!!! |
bahahaha!!!
LOL
I used to swear but never to an extreme. About a year a half ago, I stopped completely, maybe at work I'd swear sometimes. I just thought that swearing doesn't have to be a important part of my vocabulary. Try that Graham.
Re: How do I stop swearing so much?
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| Originally posted by The Highroller or anyone else I don't want to hear me swear, I can do so easily. The problem is, when I enter a "social" situation, the the sailor suit goes on. I think I have a "swear" mode, and a "non-swear" mode for different situations. |
TBH, best way is to get around people who learned english the extremly proper way but haven't been living in a country where it's the first language.
Actually wait you have to go somewhere in that case..... so fuck that!
Emulate Stewie from Family Guy.
Hey never swears -- well never the offensive ones!
Just think of whut he'd say -- it always comes off as intelligent and amusing as well!
"What the DEUCE....!!!!!!"
etc. etc.
With Stewie as your role model, you're as golden! Like butter on toast!
BLAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
~Jem~
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