This abuse of a famous word makes me sick

[mapuc]

I guess you all have seen this word in almost every sentence that is written or spoken

The word I'm talking about is the F-word and this abuse of this famous word is making me sick

Maybe it is just me that's a little bit sensitive

Markus

[garren]

Originally Posted by mapuc

I guess you all have seen this word in almost every sentence that is written or spoken

The word I'm talking about is the F-word and this abuse of this famous word is making me sick

Maybe it is just me that's a little bit sensitive

Markus

"Famous" bothers you?

[mapuc]

Originally Posted by garren

"Famous" bothers you?

Not things that are famous as so, I just used the word famous because this f-word is used so much that it must be famous.

Used in it's right place the f-word is okey, but used in every sentence is not okey according to me.

For me it expres a lack of words. The person who use this word in almost sentence has a lack of words.

Markus

Originally Posted by mapuc

I guess you all have seen this word in almost every sentence that is written or spoken

The word I'm talking about is the F-word and this abuse of this famous word is making me sick

Maybe it is just me that's a little bit sensitive

Markus

Care to explain "abuse"? Like some people overusing it? Agreed, though I sometimes like to use it myself veeeery much... It can be a powerful addition

Like, "I'm famous bored!" or so...

[mapuc]

Originally Posted by Nippelspanner

Care to explain "abuse"? Like some people overusing it? Agreed, though I sometimes like to use it myself veeeery much... It can be a powerful addition

Like, "I'm famous bored!" or so...

Overusing it so much that it becomes an abuse.

Today I have seen the word several times and last time I saw was about 30 minutes ago.

Markus

[Platapus]

It is part of the military culture.

[Sailor Steve]

Most of us use that kind of language from time to time, some more than others. When I was in the navy the unspoken rule was "never around women and children", and we adhered to that pretty well. These days it's just the opposite. On the street I constantly hear high school girls use what we used to call "language that would make a sailor blush", and sometimes it does.

I think the worst is people who use it so much that literally every other word out of their mouths is something I wouldn't want small children to hear.

[troopie]

Originally Posted by mapuc

For me it expres a lack of words. The person who use this word in almost sentence has a lack of words.

Personally, I have a rather large vocabulary, to the point where I often confound my peers linguistically, yet, I swear like a sailor. It's just the way I am, I probably say 'famous' several hundred times a day.

[WernherVonTrapp]

I don't know if I'd call it a "famous" word. Vulgar and profane seem more appropriate.

[Red October1984]

As a high school student myself, I can say it is very very very much overused.

Matter of fact....that word is nothing nowadays. Of course I'm not innocent (at all) but I hold my tongue if I'm around anybody I really respect/like/think worthy of human existence.

I would never say anything that bad around women or children or even really anybody else. My close friends might hear it every once in a while when I'm extremely pissed off...but that's it. I try not to swear around most people.

Sadly, this is not how public school works.

I personally knew every word in the book by 3rd Grade. By every word, I mean every word. Not just an overexaggeration. F, C, D, S, and pretty much every other letter. There is always that one kid in the class who tells the rest.

I'm not like that though. I keep my mouth shut when it comes to that. It's disrespectful and stupid of somebody to go around talking like that.

[Spiced_Rum]

Perhaps one of the most interesting and colorful words in the English language today is the 'F-word'. It is the one magical word, which, just by its sound, can describe pain, pleasure, love, and hate. In language, “famous” falls into many grammatical categories. It can be used as a verb, both transitive (Mary famoused John) and intransitive (John was famoused by Mary). It can be an action verb (John really gives a famous), a passive verb (Mary really doesn't give a famous), an adverb (Mary is famousing interested in John), or as a noun (Mary is a terrific famous). It can also be used as an adjective (Mary is famousing beautiful) or an interjection (Famous! I'm late for my date with Mary). It can even be used as a conjunction (John is ugly, famous, he's also stupid). As you can see, there are very few words with the overall versatility of the word “famous.”

Aside from its sexual connotations, this incredible word can be used to describe many situations:
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”.

Agree that it is often overused, often as a form of punctuation (similar those people that use "like" or "literally" for no reason) but it is still a versatile word used in the right context and a usefully descriptive word.

[Skybird]

How can an abusive-by-nature word be abused? That is like mentioning that the barbaric terror act. The indecent immorality. What would be a non-barbaric terror act? A decent immorality?

People cursing all day long, imo have mental handicaps and lack verbal flexibility. Occasionally I use strong words myself. But they are reserved for those precious special opportunities. A man occasionally, when things get too FUBAR, slams his fist on the table and yells out "sh!te", I have no problem with. A man doing it all the time, I have a problem with.

[STEED]

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.

[Spiced_Rum]

A friend of mine was invited to Sunday dinner with his new girlfriend to meet her parents.

All went well, he was making a good impression until the girl's mother asked him: "So what do you think about the 'C word'?"

He replied: "It is your house and if you want to call someone a ***t then I do not have an issue with it, I like to use the word myself."

Horrified the daughter spluttered: "No, my mom meant the word Commitment!"

red faces all around (although the father was trying hard not to laugh out loud). I am looking forward to their hearing all about their next meal together.

[STEED]