What words do you use instead of the f-word?

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1. Heavy

2. That’s the only fucking word I use.

3. Flashing/freaken

4. I generally try to use accurate language.

   It’s a weird habit from my upbringing, where my dad wasn’t actually comfortable saying “fart” in front of my sister and I (we were 12 and 10, I think?).

   I do occasionally swear, but I normally try to keep it on topic. I like a comment from C.S. Lewis when he was accused of swearing, “I mean exactly what I say—nonsense that is damned is under God’s curse.”

   Beyond that, I generally apply Randall Monroe’s rule about just assuming it’s literal. That resonated with me a lot more after a friend was really mad at me and and yelled “I’m going to fuck you” and her boyfriend had to remind her that she meant to include the word “up” at the end.

5. ‘Cunting’

6. God damn

7. Gay?🤷‍♂️

8. Why would I ever need to use the “f-word”? My vocabulary is large enough to circumvent that.

9. Firetruck

10. ‘Cunt’ is my go to for now…

11. Fuck.

    I use fuck instead of the f-word.

12. I rarely cuss and shit is about it.

13. Spaghetti!

14. I’ve probably sworn to the Norse goddess Frigg more than most people alive.

15. Fucking. When I swear I go all in, I don’t pull back on my words, especially something for beginners like fuck

16. I swear like a grown man.

    However, I do pull a Butters from time to time. Oh fiddlesticks. Oh hamburgers.

17. Frelling

18. Your mum.

19. “F V C K”

20. I use the word Fuck so much that I’ve gone full circle and now think that using Fr*ck is funnier and more amusing

21. Jiminy christmas