[ SECRET POST #3682 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3682 ⌋

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Comments

[badass_tiger]

?_? 'Swear' is an actual synonym for 'curse' though? None of those words are even profanity, what does it have to do with being turned off by swear words?

If anything, I tend to think of 'curse' as lighter than 'swear', but that might just be because I heavily associate curses with magic, while swearing has less associations with vowing than with being rude to me.

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[(Anonymous)]

It took me a moment, but I don't think they mean, "So-and-so swears" as opposed to "So-and-so curses", but more like "So-and-so said a swear!" as opposed "So-and-so said a curseword."

At least that's the only way it makes sense in my head? Because 'swearing', using 'profane language', and 'cursing', seem words that are on par with each other to me?

[(Anonymous)]

I feel like the context we're missing is that the words in question are in tags or content warnings? Where warnings for "cursing" or "profanity" are acceptable to OP, but "swears" seems twee, I guess?

If that's the context, I can see where OP is coming from. "Cursing" is more colloquial, "profanity" is more clinical, but "swears" sounds like it's coming from someone who's 12 and/or believes that if you say "shit" you'll burn forever.

[(Anonymous)]

Huh. I tell people that I swear like a sailor, and I definitely never thought I've sounded twee, what with the words that also come out of my mouth.

I wonder if the "swear" vs "cursing" is a regional thing - I can't say I've ever heard anyone say out loud that they "curse." It's always "swear."

[(Anonymous)]

It's not that--they're saying swear/curse as a VERB sounds fine to all ears, but swear/curse as a NOUN sounds weird. And I have to agree; "He whispered a swear under his breath" sounds like off-English to me, as opposed to "He whispered a curse under his breath" sounds like something I'd read anywhere.

[(Anonymous)]

"He whispered a curse under his breath" sounds like he's about to turn someone into a toad or something.