20 October 2006

coprolalia is not a character in "king lear"

coprolalia* is the uncontrolled and obsessive use of bad language.

and when you're in college (or a grad student) it's something that has to be put in check when you go home to visit your parents, grandparents, and younger siblings.

no saying "dammit" when you drop something. it's "darn it".
no saying "aw shitcocks!" when your team loses, it's "aw nuts!"
no saying "earfucking grandma's cat!" when you stub your toe. you just have to stay silent.

you gotta hold it in for the whole weekend. you've gotta say "crap", "butt", and "sugar". then when you get home, you trip over a pile of something, and the fucks come marching in.

♫ oh when the fucks
come marching in
oh when the fucks come marching in
oh shit i want to be in that motherfucker
when the fucks come marching in. ♫
bastard.

why is cursing so bad? why do we have to speak differently in different situations? also, since the king of the curse words, "fuck", has come into such widespread use nowadays, will another curse word show up that is worse? WHAT WILL THAT WORD BE?

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*by the doubleyou, coprolalia means "babbling shit" in greek. it is NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES to be confused with "coprophilia", the thought of which sometimes makes me throw up in my mouth a little.

ps i am going to pennsylvania this weekend, can you tell?

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