Do you kiss your Momma with that mouth?

Alternate title for this post: "WTF with the WTFs?

Why is it okay to have a potty mouth these days? Not only are television programmers much more lax with their censorship of foul language than they used to be, but people seem to be desensitized to language that is far too harsh to be heard in public, especially with ladies present. The general population of this country is smarter, on the whole, than a generation ago, yet their vocabulary has been reduced to using only four letter words... and as many as they can possible fit into a sentence.

The acronym WTF is a mystery to me. When I first heard it used in a normal conversation I had to ask what they meant, although I could kinda tell by the context of the message. When I received my answer, why was I the only one in a dead faint on the floor? The surrounding people seemed nonplussed and joined in the conversation with additional comments using the same phraseology (sometimes acronymized and sometimes not)! I am really getting old. This verbage disgusts me and I find it highly offensive. Furthermore, I think that there is something wrong with you if it doesn't offend you!

And don't even get me started on the f-word or the distortion of it. Freakin', friggin', flippin' or simply f-in'!!! Do they not have any other word in their vocabulary that would describe the same situation? Please use a little more creativity and come up with an adjective that would give us a more pleasant and picturesque image. Although, the word does produce a picture in my mind...but it is not pleasant.

In the past, the f-word was considered the ultimate in four letter words...to be used by only the saltiest sailor home from a raunchy trip to the Orient adorned with colorful tattoos of hootchy kootchy women. (Yes, I used the term hootchy kootchy!) I can count on one hand how many times I heard the f-word in the first forty years of my life...and my father owned a lumber company. I worked around contractors and construction workers everyday.

But in the past several years everyone has loosened their tongues and added the f-word to their list of acceptable word choices. BUT WHAT IS EVEN WORSE are those who dare not venture completely into the depths of verbal depravity and only use the alternative substitutes...freakin', flippin', friggin', or f-in'. They seem to think that this should be acceptable because they have not actually cursed... yet are still oh so hip and happening!

Please. I am so over this fad, phase, or whatever.

Buy a dictionary, buy the ap for a dictionary, or just keep your mouth shut!