I used to swear a lot. I decided to not swear at all (except for possibly mild swears), instead replacing most swears with minced oaths.

My family is Christian and I would get yelled at for swearing even if it just slipped out. So far, I don’t swear unless I’m feeling a strong emotion or acting impulsively, but I’ll usually say things like “F/eff” or “fudge” instead of the F-word.

I like to be “creative”, so my go-tos are usually “Go fudge yourself”, or “What the cluck?”

I might say “mother lover” instead of MF

  • cosmicrookie@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    It doesn’t sound like you’ve chosen not to swear but that your family has chosen it for you. It actually sounds like you would swear if it wasn’t for your family not wanting you to.