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codefro
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O M effing G
No not the real words, but saying those letters in that combination?
No not the real words, but saying those letters in that combination?
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Corpus_Cristi
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If “G” is meant to be “goodness”, then no. 
However, if you were going to merely use the letter and not a word, it smacks of censorship which indicates to me that…you might want to find something better to say there.
If you don’t have the cajones to say the actual phrase without censorship, I would just say something more vanilla like “oh my freaking goodness” or “holy crud!”, or if you don’t want to sound completely jive, say “aw snap”.
Just some suggestions. Hope that answers your question.
God bless,
Rob
However, if you were going to merely use the letter and not a word, it smacks of censorship which indicates to me that…you might want to find something better to say there.
If you don’t have the cajones to say the actual phrase without censorship, I would just say something more vanilla like “oh my freaking goodness” or “holy crud!”, or if you don’t want to sound completely jive, say “aw snap”.
Just some suggestions. Hope that answers your question.
God bless,
Rob
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bmullins
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I always tell my kids that saying another phrase to mean the same thing is saying the same thing. If by OM effing G you are saying Oh My (censored) God. Then yes, it is a sin. It’s about intent. Just as saying crud when you mean ****, still means ****.
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Leegal
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Well, you know what you intended to say.
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vera_dicere
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To increase one’s paranoia around sin, intention of your’s may be to say “gosh” or “goodness” when saying “G”, but to others, they will think you are blaspheming. That’s the sin of scandal.
If I have to use OMG I make sure I type it “OMGosh” or I say “OMGosh!”
End of the day, there are plenty of exclaimations you can use without offending the big G man.
Heck, show off your intelligence and creativity to all your friends and make words up. Its what I do!
If I have to use OMG I make sure I type it “OMGosh” or I say “OMGosh!”
End of the day, there are plenty of exclaimations you can use without offending the big G man.
Heck, show off your intelligence and creativity to all your friends and make words up. Its what I do!
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Castello
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It is crude and blasphemous. Why would you WANT to say such a thing?
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DexUK
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Crude isn’t necessarily sinful.
Crudeness as a verbal blowing-off-of-steam probably isn’t sinful unless accompanied by carelessness with respect to the sensibilities of others.
Crudeness with the intent to offend is sinful.
Blasphemy in such a context is actually quite tricky. To satisfy the conditions of mortal sin, it needs to be actually grave matter, you need to know the gravity of an offence and you have to consent to doing the act. In the case of language where words and phrases that might be considered as blasphemous are used as ‘punctuation’ without a moment’s thought, then it might be quite difficult to catch yourself in time and thereby fulfil the conditions of mortal sin.
In respect of your phrase, well anyone with a basic grasp of colloquial English knows what the actual meaning is. I certainly wouldn’t say it because I don’t think I could bring myself to. I would certainly consider it offensive to anyone who happened to be religious who was within earshot. I would also consider it deeply unwise to use the phrase in front of others who may not necessarily be offended but will learn its acceptability and then go on to offend others. It seems to me to be a very ‘considered’ way of swearing too… such that there’s a lot of deliberation involved in rudimentary obfuscation of the words and the name of God.
Is it sinful? As above, depends on the context. But I’d certainly avoid using the phrase like I’d avoid the plague.
Crudeness as a verbal blowing-off-of-steam probably isn’t sinful unless accompanied by carelessness with respect to the sensibilities of others.
Crudeness with the intent to offend is sinful.
Blasphemy in such a context is actually quite tricky. To satisfy the conditions of mortal sin, it needs to be actually grave matter, you need to know the gravity of an offence and you have to consent to doing the act. In the case of language where words and phrases that might be considered as blasphemous are used as ‘punctuation’ without a moment’s thought, then it might be quite difficult to catch yourself in time and thereby fulfil the conditions of mortal sin.
In respect of your phrase, well anyone with a basic grasp of colloquial English knows what the actual meaning is. I certainly wouldn’t say it because I don’t think I could bring myself to. I would certainly consider it offensive to anyone who happened to be religious who was within earshot. I would also consider it deeply unwise to use the phrase in front of others who may not necessarily be offended but will learn its acceptability and then go on to offend others. It seems to me to be a very ‘considered’ way of swearing too… such that there’s a lot of deliberation involved in rudimentary obfuscation of the words and the name of God.
Is it sinful? As above, depends on the context. But I’d certainly avoid using the phrase like I’d avoid the plague.
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codefro
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Ok thanks.
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