Comments on: Be Careful Little Mouth What You Say . . .

By: zman

zman — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 03:53:02 +0000

I’ve always been partial to “shi….ite Muslim”, although these days I’m not exactly sure what the intent would be.

By: Brad

Brad — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:42:41 +0000

Blair: I’m surprised that your mom puts Joe in the corner. Why not just spank him and get the message across quickly.

What I believe: It’s about intent and heart. If you’re using an alternate word to get away with saying something without saying the word you want, it’s inappropriate.

What I do: Use ‘em all the time! Snarfblatt and knucklemonkey are my favorites.

By: Blair

Blair — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:27:58 +0000

According to my mother, it depends on the word. Crud is okay, crap is not. Shoot and darn are acceptable, but not dang. Butt and fart are “cuss words,” and I won’t go into her ridiculous substitutes. Recently, “piehole” became a bad word as well. Life is complicated when abiding by the Dictionary of Mom, and my husband spends most of his time at her house standing in the corner.

By: Meowmix

Meowmix — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 21:44:38 +0000

I was taught in church that to use “golly or gee” was in appropriate because they were derivatives of God or Jesus. Other than that, I don’t remember being taught that any of those others aren’t okay. I use “rats” and “phoeey” a lot, and I’ve been known to say “crud.” “Dang it” comes to mind, as well, but I think that’s supposed to be a derivative of “damn.” So I guess that’s not so good. I guess I’m not much help!!

By: l.marie.d

l.marie.d — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:54:41 +0000

my dad had me believing if you said the ‘s’ word (for example) in another language it wasn’t “cussing”. now i speak that other language, so i guess if i use it it is cussing.

apparently ‘stupid’ is inappropriate now because it is inappropriate at my daughter’s school (the fact that she is a rule-rememberer can be such a pain sometimes). i get in trouble.

my husband has given my daughter a good speech on this subject (but it is lengthy).. so i’ll say, good luck.. and i’ll be checking back for the short and sweet answers to this question.

By: kristi

kristi — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:37:04 +0000

Hey Randy – could you email me (kristi@pumpchurch.org)? I have a story I’d like to send you.

By: Brady

Brady — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:12:01 +0000

Creativity in language is what counts, right? If you just learn to say crap, crud and shoot, then you haven’t really dug very deep. Try snogglehoot or kleiberstein or miercolesâ€¦ Maybe NOT Wednesday.

Corinthian leather, Me thinksâ€¦

By: kristi

kristi — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:27:22 +0000

It cracks me up when my four-year-old, inspired by the life sage, Spongebob Squarepants, emphatically declares “Oh, tarter sauce!!”

By: cwinwc

cwinwc — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:07:15 +0000

Appropriate, it depends. My favorite alternative cuss word is “Frip.” This was the favorite word used by my Line Coach in High School who was also our Fellowship of Christian Athletes sponsor. It he used the word “frip” followed by your name it wasn’t a good thing and it usually meant extra sprints at the end of practice.

By: waterlover

waterlover — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:13:57 +0000

My suggestion is don’t use the word “shoot” — not only because of the recent tragedy but it sounds too much
like something else. Many many years ago when I
dove 3-meter on a team I didn’t quite get out of a
double tuck and I when I said shoot, it came out sounding like something else. Everyone was laughing
when I got out of the pool.