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Originally Posted by Spiced_Rum

1) Surprise -- “What the famous are you doing here?”
2) Fraud -- “I got famoused by the car dealer.”
3) Resignation -- “Oh, famous it!”
4) Trouble -- “I guess I'm famoused now.”
5) Aggression -- “FAMOUS YOU!”
6) Disgust -- “Famous me.”
7) Confusion -- “What the famous...?”
8) Difficulty -- “I don't understand this famousing business!”
9) Despair -- “Famoused again....”
10) Pleasure -- “I famousing couldn't be happier.”
11) Displeasure -- “What the famous is going on here?”
12) Lost -- “Where the famous are we?”
13) Disbelief -- “UN-FAMOUSING-BELIEVABLE!”
14) Retaliation -- “Up your famousing ass!”
15) Denial -- “I didn't famousing do it.”
16) Perplexity -- “I know famous-all about it.”
17) Apathy -- “Who really gives a famous, anyhow?”
18) Greetings -- “How the famous are ya?”
19) Suspicion -- “Who the famous are you?”
20) Panic -- “Let's get the famous out of here.”
21) Directions -- “Famous off.”
22) Awe -- “How the famous did you do that?”

It can be used in an anatomical description -- “He's a famousing a-hole.” It can be used to tell time -- “It's five famousing thirty.” It can be used in business -- “How did I wind up with this famousing job?” It can be maternal -- “Motherfamouser.” It can be political -- “Famous Obama!”

It has also been used by many notable people throughout history:
“What the famous was that?” -- Mayor of Hiroshima
“Where did all these famousing Indians come from?” -- General Custer
“That's not a real famousing gun, is it?” -- John Lennon
“Who's gonna famousing find out?” -- Richard Nixon
“Why the famous did that apple hit me?” -- Issac Newton
“Heads are going to famousing roll.” -- Marie Antoinette
“I could have used a famousing map.” -- Ulysses
“Where the famous is all this water coming from?” - Captain of the Titanic
“Any famousing idiot could understand that.” -- Albert Einstein
“It DOES SO famousing look like her!” -- Picasso
“Okay, I know... we'll build this BIG famousing wall to keep them out.” -- Emperor of the Ch'in Dynasty
“I can't believe I just famousing said that.” -- Patrick Henry
“Famousng backstabbers!” -- Julius Caesar
“You want what on the famousing ceiling?” -- Michelangelo
“Fellatio is not famousing!” -- Bill Clinton
“Where is that famousing pizza guy?” -- Elvis
“Why? Because its famousing there!” -- Sir Edmund Hilary
“I don't suppose its gonna famousing rain?” -- Joan of Arc
“Scattered famousing showers my ass.” -- Noah
“I need this parade like I need a famousing hole in my head.” -- John F. Kennedy
“What are the famousing chances I'm going to heaven?” -- Joseph Stalin
“Hey, where the famous are your turbans?” -- Christopher Columbus when he discovered the “Indians”.

Lemme add my favorite: "Jesus famousing Christ on a stick, famous me in both ears!"
http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/wand3...3_original.jpg
She's so sexy when she swears... *drool*

The only issue I have with the F word is misattribution. "Because it's famousing there" was said by George famousing Mallory......

It's overused to the point of having no meaning or effect. On the other hand if you see someone who is upset and says 'famous' and you've never heard them say it before, it gets your attention. :yep:

It's a medical fact that cussing for effect relieves stress, helps with pain, etc., but constant cussing causes more stress.

I know when I hit my fingernail with a hammer, famous offers a lot more relief than dern.

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Originally Posted by Armistead (Post 2087657)

Can't argue with that.

If F is famous then C must be celebrity, another overused word.

The papers are full of famous celebrities. Sounds about right to me.

Then there's all that fracking and frelling.:haha:

In mixed company the C bomb is far more vulgar than the F bomb.

You never heard a Bosnian cuss.

The JM, JT, JCF, IUPM, JPM, KTJ, CGV, PĐ....

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Originally Posted by STEED (Post 2087546)

Come to the UK all your hear is "F" this "F" that & lots of "F'ing" as well. Its no longer looked at as shocking! Its now everyday word with no shock value what so ever now.

BTW: The "C" word is also used a lot now, most part young adults.

Same thing in American Public School...and the towns.

I'm ashamed to share the same age group as some of these people.

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Originally Posted by u crank (Post 2087597)

Oh yeah....like the first time you hear that quiet girl that nobody ever talks to cuss.

:o

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Originally Posted by Armistead (Post 2087657)

I can do nothing but +1. :up:

I think the F word is more infamous than famous, but it's the misuse of the word 'Awesome' that grinds my gears..

:D

Cheers

gary

That f word is well peppered in my casual speech.

New Jersey Italian American (german mutt, but Sicilian name and upbringing.), sometimes stereotypes are true.:oops:

Though when trying to convey an intelligent thought I refrain from using it, as I am well aware of how it looks upon peoples judgement of my intelligence.

I use it alot in casual speech, does that automatically make me stupid?

There is a time and place for everything, and for the record, my wife uses it more than me, dark Sicilian that one.

I do not think the word is a sign of low vocabulary, as I use it alot, but can restrict myself in proper social interactions.

(my point, never judge a book by its cover)

There are some who cannot, and are more deserving of the unfair blanket statement assumptions of stupidity, placed by some forum members here.

Used in the right place it is OK, like when you hit you finger instead of the head of the nail.

The background to why I made this thread, is a very long exposing to the f-word and the day before yesterday one of my FB friend wrote an update on his wall I counted about 47 words and he used the f-words 7 times

"Today have been f-word good day a.s.o"

And that was the drop...

I guess it's me that's too sensitive

Markus

In all fairness Mapuc, other forums I read, some members spam the word incessantly, while not saying much of anything, more looking to shock.

The word is overused online, and outside of the C-bomb, it is the atomic bomb of cusses, in those cases it is simply some pimply faced kid who would have his fathers handprint on his face, would he have said it outloud.

I wouldnt advocate a grocery store clerk, telling you " the crushed tomatoes are in aisle 9, now f- off , I am on the phone!"
(yeah, that happened, you do not even want to know what I said:)) It transcended the F word...

But as with all things, a time and place for everything.

Reading the OP just made me want to post "Oh famous off":D

The word itself has power and brings emotion when used correctly and efficiently. It retains its potency if you use it properly, with proper timing and proper emphasis. I.E, using it more than 1 time in any one sentence generally makes whatever you're trying to say sound less intimidating or serious and less educated.

If you use it at the right time, its great. People who say its uneducated vocabulary are being absurd. It, like many other words i wont mention, are very useful and fitting vocabulary for getting your point across when used appropriately.