So…..I used a writing prompt today, and here is what I came up with.

Daily writing prompt

What is a word you feel that too many people use?

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Fuck! Abso FUCKING lutely-the word fuck. I knew I would come in here hard and fast with that word, didn’t you? Now, let’s be realistic, I am super careful where I place my words (at work, with in-laws etc) but in normal conversation especially if I know you-you’re fucked, because I am going to simply say-fuck.

Now, I understand the word is perjorative, but let me explain why I think it is used so widely today. Because noone really cares if you say it or not. It has become such a typical word, that it just “fits” sometimes. Mind you-I say sometimes. Small talk-say fuck, job interview-I hope the fuck not, Thanksgiving dinner? Are the in-laws there, are you in a church, are there easily influenced children around? Use your judgement. My 3 year old has said it, my in-laws heard it, and I got blamed for it. Shit happens, move on…..

Now obviously, I am overusing the word as I am trying to prove a point, but the question was asked, too many people use this word…and in GBH style, lets break down demographics. Old people-knew the word first….fucking showoff. Less old people, lets say my age because I am almost an old people-Probably not appropriate to say it so much, better believe we ALL know the word, and we ALL know the meaning.

A little younger than me; say my wife’s age-they all know it too, because they heard it from us as they grew up. Wasn’t until they were our age later that they realized what the word meant tho if you catch my drift (c’mon-fucking prude). Then kid age, which because of the difference in age between me an my wife and a mathmat….mathmeti….science math program written by Neil Degrasse High School students (basically graduates of this school age)….they say it when they play video games. This is the “teaching the word fuck” age I was talking about before. (18-25)

Brings us to like, kid-kid age…..current teens up to get into fucking trouble age, like real trouble age. This is the age past where we can soap mouths (hated it so much that I never soaped my own kids’ mouths) and scold, because of the shit they use in milk to make our kids appear to be college football players and we can no longer make up their mind for them. These are the ones that start to learn not to fuck with your little brother, or your bigger brother and you will fuck someone up.

Then, the age of innocence. 1 1/2 years to 12. Yup-they know it too….and until they drink enough milk to stand toe to toe with grown ups, they are going to work hard to let you know, they know the word….and they won’t forget it. And with this new word-they are going to try it out everywhere they go. Learn and scold at home? Okay….how bad is this word “really”? Let’s ask the fucking grandparents…..

How’d that one go dipshit? We told you NOT to say that word, and you got disciplined. Grand(pa)/(ma)/(they) punished, not just you, but your parents as well. And the reason being-don’t fuck with the rents-because you fucking know better-because they raised you…..and now the cycle is complete.