I disguise it well.
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I think some people use bad language when they are angry , or something has gone wrong, and in those circumstances it doesnāt bother me. It is just a word people use when they want to express their anger or upset and very rarely is it connected to the original meaning of the word.
When young people swear I think it is sad that their vocabulary is so limited that they donāt know a more suitable word that expresses their feelings! 
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But thanks anyway.You are obviously very perceptive and beautiful 
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I agree that thereās a place for it. Iām sure men working together probably not within ear shot of women and kids swear. Thatās totally acceptable and understandable. But itās limited to the situation.
The classical music gave you away 
Not The Fall then 
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Nope, not the Fallā¦
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Trying to think of words used by my parents at home when I was little ā¦
Never the F word, but maybe Pa used it in the workshop, hammer connecting with thumb.
Bastard & Bloody: two words Pa might use occasionally in civilised discussion of current affairs.
Ma would swear lite when hot under the collar: blithering idiot, that kind of thing.
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And hey DooD!
And you?
My lovely mum used to call us 7 kids
Little Bs as in Bees
We used to run around flapping our arms pretending to be bees
Its only in later life I realised she meant
Little ba ā¦ds !
How innocent is that
Now I can swear like a trooper when Iām alone and hit my little toe or bang my elbow but I dont swear when out or with people . I know many who use the F and C word a lot itās not nice
Where I live, swearing is part of the common language of communication. It isnāt said with any aggression or towards anyone, its just a regular word. I think its horrible and unnecessary and doesnāt really add anything to the talk. It can even be said in a friendly jovial manner among guys as in āAlright mate, hows it effing goinā with you?ā or āOi ya cā¦ Iāll see you laterā which is really bizarre!
Fook a Dook @Minx
I met my wife to be in the early 80s, an English student in London, encouraging me to utter such naughtiness.
And I still use it when pleasantly surprised by something, she still likes that one after all these years. I do use the F word occasionally in different tone of voice ā¦ it depends who Iām with. I find the middle classes use it, accept it as part of dinner party conversation. Other may not.
Itās a difficult one ā¦ different groups swear differently and for different reasons.
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Thatās rather insightful. I never thought of it that way. Another perspective to dwell on 
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The C word ā¦ if itās what Iām thinking ā¦ no no. 
that never sits well.
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I am definitely with you on that one. To me, that must be the worst kind of swearword in existence. It is so ā¦ ermmā¦ so, well actually, I cannot think of a way to describe how it makes me feel. . perhaps rage!
A ladyās most intimate part is SO intimate, it should not be reduced to a swearword and then abused.
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I can and do at work swear with the best or worst of them, at home Iāve never sworn , the eldest used the f word one day, I admonished her with youāve never heard me swear in front of you so have the same manners, it worked .
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My experience of middle class social interaction is limited to what Iāve seen in TV drama, where the effing at dinner party scenario always sounds done for effect, as if it makes the user sound like a man-of-the-world. Working class swearing, on the other hand, always sounds more natural to my ear; it often just seems like an organic part of natural speech. That could well be because I am working class, and almost all of my interactions are with other members of it, and I find I donāt even notice the swear words most of the time, even though many conversations are absolutely peppered with them. Yet in an inapropriate situation, the effings stand out like sore thumbs, no matter how used one is to hearing them.
An old work colleague of mine many years ago told how she heard her teenage son using the F word at home - if I remember correctly, he was on the phone to a friend when he used the word. She told him ādonāt you ever, ever let me hear you use that sort of language again!ā He replied, ādonāt worry, mum, Iāll make sure you donāt hear me in future.ā 
An endearment, I expect, not dissimilar to WW2 army officers, gang culture.
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Most swear words seem to be derived from the names of either sexual organs or sexual activities. I donāt know the reasons for that, but when such words are used in swearing, I donāt think it is very often with reference to their origins. So when you hear that most offensive of words uttered, I am sure it isnāt usually meant as a slur on any ladyās āmost intimate partsā.