Saying the “F” word

Status
Not open for further replies.
It is a minced oath. You are replacing God with gosh. The idea is to not be directly profane while still conveying the same basic idea. Personally I think they should not be used. But you’ll find most people don’t agree with that opinion.
 
I was taught that it was actually an acronym: for unlawful carnal knowledge, but it appears there is an older origin of the word. There’s a whole Wiki page on it! 😲
 
Last edited:
I can’t see anyone of worth saying these types of words so I don’t.
 
Theo2 said:
The F word refers to an act that the Lord makes holy. It is a sacramental right of marriage. The act that allows man to participate in creation. I think it a serious to make profane what God ordained as holy. Most people do not have the knowledge and will necessary to make saying is a mortal sin. But using it the way I hear it used does offend God.
Click to expand...
This is what I’ve read recently,and agree whole heartedly with.
 
One thing to remember, if you are a minor and your parents or teachers have forbidden that word, saying it would be disobedience and that can be a sin. Not the word, but, the action.
 
My parents did not allow words like “gosh” or “darn” or “heck” to be said. They taught those were by-words and that you might as well say the other word because the intent was the same.
 
You can’t imagine someone who drops an F bomb having worth? Seriously?
 
I was told it stood for “Fornication Under Court of King” and was found in King Henry VIII’s account books. I’d never heard the German origin, but that seems to be credible.

The word is still immoral – though not grave – to use, as other posters have said. Polite people who claim the Prince of Peace and Purity as their Lord should act like such. I asked my dad why he never used foul language, and he directed me to the Biblical passage that says “You will be held responsible for every idle word you speak.”

Atheism is a sin, according to the First Commandment. There God says that His wrath is upon the third to fourth generation of those who hate Him. Hubby’s closest ancestors have a history of atheism. And we wonder why our lives are so cross-filled? He hasn’t been to the sacraments in about a decade, and he wonders why life is so hard.

As for GD, the Second Commandment guides that usage – or lack thereof. Whomever uses God’s name in vain shall not go unpunished.

We Catholics also believe in the True Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. Why are we desecrating our tongue on which the Lord of Hosts is received?

Whenever I get upset, I do pray not to use God’s name in vain. I usually start praying the Ave and invoke the Holy Spirit to intervene. My surviving son drops off his father’s insurance at the end of the month, and hubby and I have been going at each other over the options. This is highly uncharacteristic of me, btw.

I heard a song on NPR once that went like this:

We sit down to have a chat
F-word this, F-word that
Don’t you use the F-word with
Your mother.

Blessings,
Mrs Cloisters OP
Lay Dominican
http://cloisters.tripod.com/
http://cloisters.tripod.com/charity/
http://cloisters.tripod.com/holyangels/id9.html/
 
Last edited:
DeniseNY said:
It’s crude and impolitie, but not grave matter. It also happens to be one of my worst habits. 🤬 I’m trying to break out of it.
Click to expand...
Denise!!! I’m shocked at you! You better go wash your mouth out with soap… 🤓😜😊
 
Yes - I remember now - the old man at church said something about a guy called Beckett -
And Beckett and King Henry were friends - etc -
But Beckett became Christian - and was martyred.
Court of the King - is what he told me.
 
Seagull said:
Yes - I remember now - the old man at church said something about a guy called Beckett -
And Beckett and King Henry were friends - etc -
But Beckett became Christian - and was martyred.
Court of the King - is what he told me.
Click to expand...
Wadda ya mean, he became Christian? What do you think he was in medieval England, a Buddhist? A Muslim? 🤣
 
Last edited:
He told me Becket and the King - went whoring around together - around town.
Becket had a conversion ?
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top