Oh well, add my two pence worth, The proliferation of profanity and expletives on television these days, Sorta validates their usage, imported phrases like the american MFkr, for instance. I was always taught that the use of swear words showed a lack of education, people using them with a limited vocabluary, But come on some jokes would just not be funny without a F in them.


All the words mentioned have been incorporated into the Longmans FAMILY dictionary, theword apart from the obvious, is also listed as refering to an obnoxious or unpleasant person. A Fkr is also listed as a wastrel a moron or time waster, FO is listed as go away. Whilst ''go away you unpleasant person'' sounds sophisticated, I wonder if it has the same impact on some of the knuckle dragging moronic troglodytes we encounter in everday life. Personally, In confrontations of a verbal nature
I tend to use more subtle words, like ignoramus, bombastic, it sorta bewilders the antagonist. mind they usually come back with the C word. lol, calling somone a masturbator, just does'nt have the same significance as WKR to the onlookers,. But basically in any argument, one must leave the opponent flumoxed and totaly speechles unable to make any inteligent reposte.
The odd expletive injected into an argument, inteligently and with the right emphasis can have such a profound effect.

now FO and have a good day, xxXCristineXxxx

Forward Onward

I really do think that, several very profound and far reaching factors influence how we express ourselves, One of the main causes as I stated before is television and films, Which do tend to add validation to various frowned upon words I watched, an american film of shaft the other night, every other word was Mfkr.
Also the lack of promoting the reading of classical literature, kids today, and kids of my generation (school) spend more time playing computer games. I was always encouraged to read books. How many kids bother to read a book at home. It also relates to ones peers, go to a dump school and the requirement to fit in are paramount to survive. The tendancy for the better educated privileged people perhaps use profanity as a shock tactic, because its so unexpected from them. In this case one can use royalty as an example, Princess Ann is renowned for some of her utterings of the F word. I also recognize that some people use adulterated swear words in the chat room, fook is in regular usage, we all know what it infers, but no one actually complains about that, personally I must admit I am also guilty of this, as I say King Idiot at times and other derivatives on that theme when frustrated and annoyed, Perhaps on reflection, I should use moronic, supercilious, uneducated, buffoons, But I think people would get more incensed at being called a moronic imbecile than a king idiot. Or go forward and replicate yourself


I would hardly class myself as educationally subnormal or lacking coherance and vocabluary, I consider myself fairly erudite and think people do tend to let standards slip to fit in, if somone tells you to FO you revert in the main to replying in a language they can understand,That does not nessearily mean one is lacking in alternative adjectives and nouns.

Cristine xxXxx