Wednesday, May 21, 2008

#29

F***K!

or

S***T!

(The expletives, not the verbs. For the sake of those of us working for the federal government, please use * when using in comments )

13 comments:

Juan said...

Without a doubt the right answer is "F**K" a.k.a. "The F-Word" Versatile, accurate, explicit, sad, funny. Check this link (fill the ** first, we don`t want The Decider to get into any f*****g trouble)
www.sigg3.net/myself/f**k.html

Back in 2002, Noel`s wedding, 6 A.M. while hugging JB and Natalia I screamed from the bottom of my lungs "F**K those F*****G F*****S!!!" I can`t really remember why, but it seemed the right thing to say at the time.

Carla said...

F**K

It's much more powerful. It's one of the few expletives that does not lose its power through frequent use.

Russell said...

F**k,


more powerful!

WAL said...

F**k. Much more robust.

While we are on the subject, please spend some quality time reading this article by Steven Pinker about why humans curse...incredible read: "What the F***?"

JB said...

Yes, f**k.

I remember Juan screaming that. Although, I don't remember why. I don't recall having a conversation about f**kers that would lead to his emotional outburst. I guess he just needed to get that off his chest. He's philosophical like that.

natalia said...

Alright, well I say $**t.

Here's why, and it's simple. F**k has no meaning. Or the exact opposite, it has too many meanings. It is overused and has completely lost its value.

S**t however, is one thing and one thing only. The nastiest, smelliest, concoction of all the things your body DIDN'T want. So, by calling someone a piece of s**t, is pretty bad.

Carl said...

First I have to give WAL props for including such an interesting link. Fascinating.

I admit to being a little torn on this one, and I also admit to being only a very occasional user of either word.

Natalia has swayed me a little from my original instinct with a good point about the specificity of meaning. That point is supported by WAL's linked article.

I still have to vote for the power, though. F**k is still unquestionably far more taboo, and has a whole societal hypocracy built up around it. F**king as an act of love, f**king as a violent epithet.

Plus, I like "I don't give a flying f**k" better than "why you lying sack of s**t". More colorful.

As usual, Cheney and I agree. If you don't, you can go f**k yourself.

Carl said...

Oops. I meant "hypocrisy" spelled correctly. F**k me.

natalia said...

But that's point exactly, Carl. What in the world is a "flying f**k"? But let me tell you, I would absolutely hate to be called or have anything to do with a SACK of s**t. That's just not right.

Dad Guille said...

Well, I should stay out of this one, as I have an accent and I've been known to say the equivalent of 'Hijo de playa!' or 'Esto es una pila de hojas! when I meant to say 'Son of a bitch!' or 'This is a load of s**t. I'll go with F**K, as it can't be so easily confused with other words.

lslocum said...

Oh, easy ... F**K is so much more effective. S**T has become so commonplace, so trite. I say F**K.

Julia said...

F**K. Rolls off the tongue more easily.

The Decider said...

The answer: F**K!