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Post by freecharlie on Mar 15, 2015 20:35:17 GMT
I would put a fast end to the first one as u am sure you did and I don't know any parent around here who wouldn't Yes! The one boy I heard saying it, thought it was a cool saying. I also don't let "retard/ed" slide. UGH. I don't even like my girls saying "sucks" so I'm a bit square that way.  We have a sped para who uses the word "retarded." I call her on it every time I hear it and it stops for a while and then comes back. It blows my mind that someone who works with the population of students that we do could continue to use that word as an adjective. |
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Post by anonrefugee on Mar 15, 2015 21:29:59 GMT
Embarrassed- I learned this here. did you call someone the wrong one and get handslapped? I love hearing the stories Luckily, I did not!!! But that would be a better story than having to admit thinking it was same word, different spelling. Color is to Colour, as Twit is to Twat. You all have taught me so much... |
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Post by freecharlie on Mar 15, 2015 21:33:42 GMT
did you call someone the wrong one and get handslapped? I love hearing the stories Luckily, I did not!!! But that would be a better story than having to admit thinking it was same word, different spelling. Color is to Colour, as Twit is to Twat. You all have taught me so much... I think your analogy souding comparison should be on the ACT and SAT |
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Post by just PEAchy on Mar 15, 2015 21:44:50 GMT
When my ds was in 5th grade, he started using the term friends with benefits. I asked him what he meant and he said you know, friends who give you things. That was a fun conversation when I had to tell him what it really meant. He never used the phrase again.
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Post by 950nancy on Mar 15, 2015 22:07:44 GMT
My youngest was in a first grade class with an extremely naughty kid. He would come home at the end of the day and ask me what every cuss word in the book meant. I diligently answered him. One day he asked me if fuck was a bad word. Yup, don't repeat that. He said he figured it must be because the kid got pulled out of the room for that one.
Fast forward eleven years and we are playing Cards Against Humanity. He feels pretty good about knowing so many of the really bad cards.
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Post by 950nancy on Mar 15, 2015 22:08:58 GMT
My friend's SIL told her a football game was really a blow job! Nope, that would be a blow out.
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Post by rickmer on Mar 15, 2015 22:37:48 GMT
dd was about 3.5, watching dora or something... the show ended and she said "pwees change the fuckin cwhannel". i was like ?!?!?!?!? i said "pardon me" and she said it again. turns out she had spent some time at MIL's... my FIL was still alive then and let's say, well both of them are from the east coast and can let the curse words fly!
my son was about 7 when he told me dd called him a douche bag... he wanted to know what it was. i explained (briefly, he did not press for details) and he wanted to know why she would call him that. i said i didn't know but i had a plan. i suggested the next time she was saucy with me i would respond "why are you being a douche bag?" assuming she would be floored and offended and say "how could you call your daughter a douche bag!?!?" then i would respond with "if you don't like me calling you that, why do you call your brother that??". ds was down with "the plan" and it worked out well! turns out she didn't know what it was either, only a vague "female thing".
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Post by Linda on Mar 15, 2015 23:46:55 GMT
I moved to the States at 9.5 (in 1980)- having lived in England, Germany and Cyprus (the latter two on UK bases) before. I had had next to no familiarity with American culture/social mores - my mum was American but we didn't have a TV or watch films so..
My first week in an American elementary school, I learnt a new word at recess from my classmates and not knowing what it meant, repeated it - it was the N-word. I think I thought it was the American word for Negro (which I did know - from books) and since I was learning lots of other American words ...eraser was one I learnt quickly (rubber has a WHOLE different meaning in the US), I didn't think twice about it. Oh my! I learnt very quickly how very unacceptable that was and I was SO embarrassed.
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Post by jumpeabumples88 on Mar 16, 2015 1:12:21 GMT
he wasn't a teen, but when ds was about 8 or 9, we went to a minor league baseball game and took my friends daughter who was same age...about half-way thru the game, my friends dd whispered to me that ds "said the f word" I almost died right there. I didn't know he knew the f word.. I asked her what did he say and she said "he said fart".....was I relieved..lol..
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Post by Tamhugh on Mar 16, 2015 1:29:43 GMT
I remember when I thought Twit and Twat were interchangeable. They're not. My college roommate was the most naive person ever. One day, we were walking across campus and she spotted some of our friends. She yelled, "hey, you twats! We're over here". People stopped to stare and there was dead silence. She said, "what? Twats, you know, like twits." Yeah, not exactly. |
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Post by purplebee on Mar 16, 2015 1:58:21 GMT
20 years ago when I worked as an Admin assistant at my local hospital, I worked with a very straight-laced, single, older lady who was an RN. I almost fell off my chair one day when she very casually referred to a co-worker as a twat! Obviously had no clue what it meant, but I wasn't brave enough to explain....
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Post by librarylady on Mar 16, 2015 3:08:43 GMT
Went to a teacher's convention with a woman I didn't know that well. She was the daughter of a minister and apparently had been sheltered from some of the bad language around. She was about age 29 at the time. It was after dark and 3 of us were walking from the restaurant back to the hotel. A car with some men pulled up and asked if we knew where the pussy club was....She paused and began to speak to them telling them she didn't know.....we jerked her by the arm and got out of there.....Back at the hotel we informed her just what was going on and why she should not have even looked at the men in the car.
She was horrified. ...had no idea what was going on.
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Post by stampinbetsy on Mar 16, 2015 3:33:34 GMT
he wasn't a teen, but when ds was about 8 or 9, we went to a minor league baseball game and took my friends daughter who was same age...about half-way thru the game, my friends dd whispered to me that ds "said the f word" I almost died right there. I didn't know he knew the f word.. I asked her what did he say and she said "he said fart".....was I relieved..lol.. When I taught 1st grade, I had a student who complained to me multiple times that another kid said "the s word." I finally asked what the "s" word was. Turned out to be "stupid."  |
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Post by ptamom on Mar 16, 2015 3:58:17 GMT
My son had a friend at 7 years old that when he was surprised at a video game outcome, said, "What the ..."
Nothing followed.
I was stunned into silence. The kids were SEVEN.
The second time he said it in my hearing, a few months later, I replied, "What the ...What?"
He said, "I dunno."
I said, "Exactly. Unless you know the rest of the sentence, you should not leave the first half hanging."
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2015 10:48:06 GMT
I must win the prize for most naive/sheltered pea. Just spent the last few minutes in the urban dic.
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Post by corinne11 on May 19, 2015 11:50:11 GMT
he wasn't a teen, but when ds was about 8 or 9, we went to a minor league baseball game and took my friends daughter who was same age...about half-way thru the game, my friends dd whispered to me that ds "said the f word" I almost died right there. I didn't know he knew the f word.. I asked her what did he say and she said "he said fart".....was I relieved..lol.. Once on yard duty, I had a little girl, about 7 or 8 come up and complain to me that a boy had sworn at her and called her the "C word". She was very upset and almost in tears. I asked her to whisper the word to me and it took her a little while to say "he called me a COW!" I always ask kids to tell me the "swear" word someone is saying. At the moment "stupid" and "idiot" are high on the list!
Here in Australia, "bugger" is a very common expression and I have heard many young children use it when they drop something or make a mistake. They are always really surprised when I say that we don't need to say that at school.
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Post by scrapaddie on May 19, 2015 12:49:26 GMT
I'm a gamer and I hear male gamers using the word rape out of context all the time. Teenage boys I kind of give a pass too as they are mainly repeating what they have heard from other teens and more than likely may not have a good understanding. Grown men who use it do not get a pass because they should know better. Drives me crazy. I would think that teenage boys do you know the meaning of the word rape. |
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Post by scrapaddie on May 19, 2015 13:00:53 GMT
Well, I now know what teabagging means. |
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Post by peabay on May 19, 2015 13:14:38 GMT
We were having dinner with my mom and her husband and we were talking about how my husband had invited a client from Denmark and his family (who were visiting the US) to have dinner with us the next night. My daughter then says: "How do you know they aren't douchebags?" My step-father just about choked. My daughter literally had no idea where the term came from; she had heard others use the term to refer to people who are jerks.
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Post by peabay on May 19, 2015 13:16:28 GMT
Do only people from the east coast curse?
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Post by peabay on May 19, 2015 13:17:59 GMT
he wasn't a teen, but when ds was about 8 or 9, we went to a minor league baseball game and took my friends daughter who was same age...about half-way thru the game, my friends dd whispered to me that ds "said the f word" I almost died right there. I didn't know he knew the f word.. I asked her what did he say and she said "he said fart".....was I relieved..lol.. When I taught 1st grade, I had a student who complained to me multiple times that another kid said "the s word." I finally asked what the "s" word was. Turned out to be "stupid." My daughter had spent the weekend with my mom, who is way stricter than I, and when driving her home, my daughter said to me: "Granny's the 'n-word'." I was like: "what in the world are you talking about?" And my daughter whispered: "Nasty." |
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Post by bluepoprocks on May 19, 2015 13:43:30 GMT
Do only people from the east coast curse?
I was wondering about this also. Last night I found out on another thread that I was trashy now I find out I'm foul mouthed and trashy. |
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Post by mommaho on May 19, 2015 13:56:23 GMT
We were on a family vacation at a fancy (for us) restaurant in 1968 and my older sister ordered a Shrimp Cocktail. Well to say the least I was beside myself and told her she couldn't get that because she wasn't old enough to drink!
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Post by librarylady on May 19, 2015 15:34:52 GMT
We were on a family vacation at a fancy (for us) restaurant in 1968 and my older sister ordered a Shrimp Cocktail. Well to say the least I was beside myself and told her she couldn't get that because she wasn't old enough to drink!  Shrimp cocktail is the term used for an item on the menu. I've ordered it often. Just checked to see if I was goofy, and found recipes. www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/shrimp_cocktail/Did I misread your post--and you were the one confused in 1968 'cause you thought it was a drink? |
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Post by gina on May 19, 2015 15:47:06 GMT
My 6 1/2 year old watches The Golden Girls re-runs with me. A few times I have heard her refer to a bunch of women (usually on tv) as looking like "A group of sluds". LOL  She is calling them sluts and has no idea what it means. I gently explained and told her to STOP using that term. |
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Post by liya on May 19, 2015 15:53:42 GMT
My 6 1/2 year old watches The Golden Girls re-runs with me. A few times I have heard her refer to a bunch of women (usually on tv) as looking like "A group of sluds". LOL She is calling them sluts and has no idea what it means. I gently explained and told her to STOP using that term. I'm sorry but this made me laugh. |
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Post by mommaho on May 19, 2015 15:54:58 GMT
We were on a family vacation at a fancy (for us) restaurant in 1968 and my older sister ordered a Shrimp Cocktail. Well to say the least I was beside myself and told her she couldn't get that because she wasn't old enough to drink! Shrimp cocktail is the term used for an item on the menu. I've ordered it often. Just checked to see if I was goofy, and found recipes. www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/shrimp_cocktail/Did I misread your post--and you were the one confused in 1968 'cause you thought it was a drink? I was the one confused, 10 years old at the time and my sister was a worldly 13! |
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Post by gina on May 19, 2015 15:56:13 GMT
My 6 1/2 year old watches The Golden Girls re-runs with me. A few times I have heard her refer to a bunch of women (usually on tv) as looking like "A group of sluds". LOL She is calling them sluts and has no idea what it means. I gently explained and told her to STOP using that term. I'm sorry but this made me laugh. Oh that's fine. She makes me laugh too.  She's my youngest of 3 and has always been super-sassy and a little 'advanced' for her age. Of course I corrected her and told her NOT to use that term anymore but it was a little shocking and funny to hear it come out of her mouth so innocently (especially since she was saying it wrong). |
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Post by anxiousmom on May 19, 2015 16:02:55 GMT
We were having dinner with my mom and her husband and we were talking about how my husband had invited a client from Denmark and his family (who were visiting the US) to have dinner with us the next night. My daughter then says: "How do you know they aren't douchebags?" My step-father just about choked. My daughter literally had no idea where the term came from; she had heard others use the term to refer to people who are jerks. We had a similar conversation about calling people douchebags and not knowing what it meant. I admit, I rarely get flustered and have been talking pretty openly and frankly with my boys since they were pretty young....but having to try to explain to my 16 year old boy what a douche was just about sent us both screaming from the room. He had NO clue. |
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Post by Regina Phalange on May 19, 2015 17:43:01 GMT
Is it terrible that I am reading this whole list and just laughing my ass off? Okay, there have been times I didn't know what something meant and it was awful. There was the time an older kid on the bus called a younger kid a fag and I didn't know what that meant so I called him a fag too. I apologized for that later after I knew better. I have never said that word ever again. But then there was the one time my friend's 8 year old came over to my house and told us all about the fucking asshole that almost hit them at the intersection. I asked if she knew what a fucking asshole was. She said daddy says it when someone is a bad driver. I said well that's understandable, but do you know those are words that will get you in trouble and are kind of inappropriate? She said no, daddy says it all the time. I said okay and moved on. But laughed about it extensively in private. One of my friends did that (called another driver an asshole) in front of his 4 year old daughter when someone cut him off in traffic. She didn't say anything so he thought he was in the clear. Until it happened again a couple of weeks later. He purposely restrained himself from muttering it again, only to hear "Daddy is that guy an asshole too?" come from the back seat...lol. |
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She is calling them sluts and has no idea what it means. I gently explained and told her to STOP using that term. 
She's my youngest of 3 and has always been super-sassy and a little 'advanced' for her age. 
