Wednesday, September 7, 2016

BAD WORDS
Nothing actually makes words bad. Words are just words. Until someone comes by giving it a meaning. Us as people have the choice to whether decide the words we hear and speak are bad. Using specific words that are understood in negative and positive ways are important for our social values. For example when I talk to my girls I use slang, (whats good, LOL, no mames, thats burnt,etc.), for us it's a way of communication. Like a code. Many of those who also understand today's slang will comprehend when over hearing our chit chats. Then when I speak with my mother I can't go up to her and say, "Aye whats good ma, whats crackin' lackin' in the kitchen?", without getting a slap. Communication with my mother is way different from being out of the house because my mindset on spilling out words changed when being at school. The idea of "bad" words decrease the understanding between people. When someone says, "Hey watch your language, that's a bad word.", many think of words like shit, b*tch, and f*ck. At a moment when someone is talking to one another and one says a mouth load of "bad" words the other stays wondering, "damn this person is always cussing, are they mad about something?". This, this is what makes it difficult for one to understand another. They will constantly think that person will always have a use of "bad" language when seeing or passing by them. It's a good time to euphemism "bad" words when expressing a sort of feeling. When stepping on a piece of lego we shout. "F*CK!!". Things like that are good because we express em. On the other hand it's really confusing when someone directs "bad" words while being at a funeral or when leaving the restroom. It's just plain awkward. Out of all the places why at a funeral or restroom? That's when the confusion comes in.

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