Saying the “F” word

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Too sweet. I like my interjections salty as f…
 
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I have high standards and specific definitions.
 
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Those who get to appreciate his silky smooth personality socially, I guess.
 
I think the dichotomy of venial versus mortal over a specific thing like this is not helpful.

The important thing is whether you are in a state of grace. It’s something you can know if your heart. If you love God with all your heart, soul and mind there is a good chance you can experience what it feels like to be pure of heart. The indwelling Holy Spirit will flee long before you say the “f-word” and you may actually be able to pin-point in a thought you have or decision you make long before you take any concrete physical action. Like a light switch going off. This is what Jesus is talking about in the sermon on the mount. It is not about rules but about loving God through Jesus in the Holy Spirit. I would urge you to not focus on venial versus mortal but focus on your relationship with God through Jesus in the Holy Spirit. The f-word isn’t going to help your purity of heart, that’s for sure.
 
On construction jobs, adding “ing” makes it the go-to word modifier, replacing all other adjectives.

Where’s my f-ing plyers?
You’re f-ing late again!
This f-ing drill is broken!
We’re out of f-ing nails!

But don’t use it. Increase your vocabulary.
 
i am former Navy as well. We used profanity far too much…

now, whenever I am angry or frustrated; these terms just roll out of my mouth (far too naturally)

my wife, a floor hospital RN, also drops the f-bomb occasionally

and i’ve hung around with her crowd; it’s a bad habit amongst them…
 
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If you drop something heavy on your foot and say “oh, ****,” I don’t think that’s a sin.

If you say “*** you” to, say, your mother, that might be a different story. Still not sure it’s a mortal sin. But then, I don’t speak for the Church.
 
If you are still trying to make the acronym case, no. That is an urban legend. There is 0 evidence for it.Read any etymological treatment of the f word. No.
 
No, all the acronym etymologies were urban legends. They were never actual sources of the word, either older or newer.

They were stuff moms and nuns made up to keep you from saying the f word, but there is 0 evidence.
 
i think it depends on the context;

using profanity as a direct insult might certainly be “sinful”

but using profane words as an emotional exuberance (perhaps as part of a culture; eg military) may not be sinful
 
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