is damn even a cussword? |
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 Sep 6 2004, 02:15 AM
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 Save a guitar, bang a guitarist.  Group: Member Posts: 621 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 31,916  |
To me..or how i think..damn is a "bad word"...but like some ppl have said..if its said as in like you're damned to hell..like chuch wise then i don't think its bad...just my opinon. =)
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| *corizzle20* |
Sep 6 2004, 06:21 PM
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i dont think so
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Sep 6 2004, 06:38 PM
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QUOTE It's like the witch kind of curse. Like when you damn someone to hell...you're cursing them to hell. Still...you're cursing them. But that still doesn't justify the fact that the majority of school systems do not allow you to use the word. Furthermore, why would it be in question if it wasn't? Yes, it's a swear word, but it doesn't have the same strength as others. I'm sure if rap artists would use the word more, it would gain more strength and popularity. QUOTE i dont think so STOP SPAMMING!  You need to back up your statement with points! 
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Sep 7 2004, 09:24 AM
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 3,565, you n00bs ain't got nothin' on me. Group: Official Member Posts: 3,761 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,565 |
It used to be a big swear word because religion was stronger then, and now damn is used very commonly. Which makes it...err..not a cussword.
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Sep 7 2004, 09:35 AM
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 Bardic Nation Group: Member Posts: 1,113 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 38,059 |
define cussing. There is your answer.
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Sep 9 2004, 04:37 PM
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 smiling hurts Group: Member Posts: 480 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 22,630 |
Damn is a cussword.. Your basically saying damnation which is a horrible punishment..
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Sep 10 2004, 02:10 AM
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Bardic Nation Group: Member Posts: 1,113 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 38,059 |
maybe in some contexts. ass means a donkey but in today's society it literally means a speaking buttocks and sphincter.
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Sep 10 2004, 03:05 AM
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 wishing for SIMPLE LOVE with Jay Group: Member Posts: 708 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 21,601 |
umm i don't think it is a cussword to the point that it sounds as bad as F*cuk..and I use it almost EVERY day..hahah so I hope it's not cuss word or else I really have a bad potty mouth.
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Sep 10 2004, 05:02 AM
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 the street is my stage Group: Member Posts: 168 Joined: Sep 2004 Member No: 47,283 |
i think it's not a cuzz....
especially when you say "damn you are beautiful" to girls |
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Sep 10 2004, 07:38 AM
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 I hate my username... Group: Member Posts: 266 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 22,634 |
damn is not a cuss word. elementary teachers use it. tv got it. i say it. you say it. books got it. church got it. how can it ever be a cuss word?
DAMNN |
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Sep 11 2004, 03:46 PM
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 eeny meeny miny mo Group: Member Posts: 60 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 42,008 |
Uh I don't think that you could classify DAMN as a cussword... I think maybe more of innapropriate language. Personally I use.. and I don't give a DAMN what people have to say. haha
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Sep 11 2004, 06:35 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 2,172 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 34,045 |
augh..... lots of people think it is.. but it isn't...
MY RULE: If it's in tha dictionary, it's not a cussword. =) |
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Sep 11 2004, 09:40 PM
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 Don't wake ghostie. Group: Official Member Posts: 3,546 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 2,405 |
I don't care.
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Sep 11 2004, 11:45 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 259 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 42,793 |
who the fvck gives a motherfvcking fvck?
why i am even posting here anymore, i don't know... |
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Sep 12 2004, 12:35 AM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 293 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 40,801 |
dam pplz.. stop debating on cuzz words... dam....
haha jk  i dont think it is.. i think...dam iono |
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Sep 14 2004, 11:21 PM
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Stalking Createblog... Group: Member Posts: 155 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,300 |
If dang replaces damn, then dang is a swear word.
If damn means to punish to hell, then damn is a swear word. Another way to put it for those who can't define it is to go up to a teacher and say it. ...And another way to put it is to think of the thought behind it, but then we get into morals and whatever... QUOTE damn is not a cuss word. elementary teachers use it. tv got it. i say it. you say it. books got it. church got it. how can it ever be a cuss word? DAMNN Elementary teachers are also human (again, the morality problem  )TV is famous for its expressive media. Books try to depict a natural human society, hence all the antagonists. Churches use it for a serious matter, not an exclamation. My view. Feel free to yell. |
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Sep 14 2004, 11:32 PM
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 and they say imitation is flattering Group: Member Posts: 1,337 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 27,269 |
A swear word = A curse word
A curse word is just something you use when wishing bad luck on some one/some thing. So if you say "Darn you!" then darn would be a curse word. |
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Sep 17 2004, 01:41 AM
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Stalking Createblog... Group: Member Posts: 155 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,300 |
"The indications are that swearing preceded the development of cursing. That is, expletives, maledictions, exclamations, and imprecations of the immediately explosive or vituperative kind preceded the speechmaking and later rituals involved in the deliberate apportioning of the fate of an enemy. Swearing of the former variety is from the lips only, but the latter is from the heart. Damn it! is not that same as Damn you!"
--Ashley Montagu (b. 1905), U.S. anthropologist, social biologist. The Anatomy of Swearing, ch. 3, Macmillan (1967). Hm. If we would look at it that way, then our answer is that it's the thought that counts. ^Then again, that's the basis of almost anything we say. |
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Sep 17 2004, 08:34 PM
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 Bubble Group: Member Posts: 341 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 27,405 |
Back in High School... i wasn't allowed to say Damn in school cause they said it was a cuss word... but i don't think it is so...
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Sep 19 2004, 10:27 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 2,172 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 34,045 |
QUOTE(abercrombiekid @ Sep 10 2004, 4:38 AM) damn is not a cuss word. elementary teachers use it. tv got it. i say it. you say it. books got it. church got it. how can it ever be a cuss word? DAMNN you're right. in my school we're not allowed to say cuss words. yet they have books in tha library that have "sh*t" and "bast*rd" written in them. even more ironic, THEY ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ THEM. -.- |
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Sep 19 2004, 11:04 PM
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 *rawr baby* Group: Member Posts: 821 Joined: Sep 2004 Member No: 48,941 |
no, but i still can't say it around my family
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Sep 19 2004, 11:50 PM
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Stalking Createblog... Group: Member Posts: 155 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,300 |
I think I already talked about that. Books try capturing daily society, which is currently corrupted with language and other weird thingys.
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Sep 19 2004, 11:59 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 115 Joined: Sep 2004 Member No: 48,809 |
Ofcourse it is...juss cuz it's weak doesn't make it not vulgur. It's not AS vulgur as most curse words, but it is.
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