Have Cussing Become Too Common?
Be Honest, you hear cussing everywhere, in school, TV, movies, music, and social media. Right? I think curse words have lost their shock value. They have become too common. Swearing has evolved in the last 100 years, is this a necessarily a good thing?
I will explain the use of swearing throughout the centuries, see how it changed. In the 19th and 18th century swearing was considered unmannered & taboo, the article “Curse Words: Have they lost their shock value?” States in Swearing was considered to be taboo, and mostly used by the lower, middle class and the poor. Before the 20th century, people expressed their anger with god or holy things. Once the 20th century hit, the middle class became tired of hiding swear words, then in the 60s with a radical change, everything including curse words, took on a whole new meaning. As society moved progressively through the late 90s and into the 21st century, curse words lost complete shock value. Thus swearing came into the public. But still in the 20th century there were problems. Some police even arrested people for swearing in public. …show more content…
The article: Curse words: Have they lost their shock value? States: Most the time a swear word is used, there is a better word be used in its place, and it does not add to the quality of sentence. Today’s generation of youth does not see a problem speaking to their superiors or adults with profanity because it is difficult to separate the way they constantly talk with their friends once they speak to an adult or authority figure. Cussing has evolved in the past 100 years, is this necessarily a good thing? Cussing has truly evolved, but not in a good way, it has lost its shock value, instead of cussing to look “cool” be mature and try to avoid these harmful
Be Honest, you hear cussing everywhere, in school, TV, movies, music, and social media. Right? I think curse words have lost their shock value. They have become too common. Swearing has evolved in the last 100 years, is this a necessarily a good thing?
I will explain the use of swearing throughout the centuries, see how it changed. In the 19th and 18th century swearing was considered unmannered & taboo, the article “Curse Words: Have they lost their shock value?” States in Swearing was considered to be taboo, and mostly used by the lower, middle class and the poor. Before the 20th century, people expressed their anger with god or holy things. Once the 20th century hit, the middle class became tired of hiding swear words, then in the 60s with a radical change, everything including curse words, took on a whole new meaning. As society moved progressively through the late 90s and into the 21st century, curse words lost complete shock value. Thus swearing came into the public. But still in the 20th century there were problems. Some police even arrested people for swearing in public. …show more content…
The article: Curse words: Have they lost their shock value? States: Most the time a swear word is used, there is a better word be used in its place, and it does not add to the quality of sentence. Today’s generation of youth does not see a problem speaking to their superiors or adults with profanity because it is difficult to separate the way they constantly talk with their friends once they speak to an adult or authority figure. Cussing has evolved in the past 100 years, is this necessarily a good thing? Cussing has truly evolved, but not in a good way, it has lost its shock value, instead of cussing to look “cool” be mature and try to avoid these harmful