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Re: USAGE: "I want crazy two years ago"

From:Gary Shannon <fiziwig@...>
Date:Thursday, July 13, 2006, 19:59
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> > "Oh Shit" becomes "Oh Darn", the same emotion or > like is > expressed but the words are changed, to be more > socially acceptible...
Don't forget "Shoot" as yet another substitute for the fecal exclamation. "Darn" can mean a lot of other things as well: "Oh darn this bad weather." "Oh darn the socks and be done with it." "Darn it all!" Making "darn" more versitile than "shoot" as a semi-profanity. As a child I was told not to say "gosh", as in "gosh darn it", because that was just a substitute for "god" as an exclamation, and, therefore, just as disrespectful of the diety. --gary

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