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Skids Cancer

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 23, 2018 11:54 pm
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Mugwump wrote:
^ ingmar and sharknado kind of prove the point. What’s slightly odd is that the word means nothing, is wearyingly ubiquitous, yet it still carries a faint frisson in formal settings. It’s a shame, as we really have lost a great intensifier which once had a lot of power. Like all power, it fades with overuse.


It still holds its true meaning though... when you tell that chick you wanna ^&*@ the $@#/ out of her and she reciprocates... ^&*@ yeah!!

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 24, 2018 12:00 am
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Oi, you keep your fantasies to yourself. 😀
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 24, 2018 8:04 am
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On a good day I’d say **** about 29 times I reckon, and I can do that in one sentence at the footy. It just rolls off the tongue unfortunately. I try to quit sometimes, I need a patch or a placebo. And gees when I hear my kids say it ugh, I hate it! Obviously my fault though.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 24, 2018 9:21 am
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You know, I'm kind of happy for there to be less taboo around words. It's kind of absurd that the exact same thing/act/idea can be expressed by synonyms, one of which happens to be 'acceptable' and one of which happens to be 'obscene'. Words can have offensive connotations, but I don't really see how that's the case with the f-word (or the c-word, for that matter).
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 24, 2018 10:42 am
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^ oh I see that pretty differently. I think it’s part of the wonder of our language that we have so many shades of meaning including euphemism, obscenity, legalism, etc. and of course we all know that sex can have very offensive (and exciting and loving etc) connotations, so the language used around it matters. I don’t object to the word, which I once used fairly liberally like most of my generation. I just think it is a shame that in doing so I helped rob it of its force. It’s a bit like a star going out in the linguistic sky. I use it very rarely now. I just can’t see the point.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 24, 2018 1:52 pm
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thats cos we are old Mugs, and i agree!
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