This is for real. R RATED THREAD!

[Ralph]

I didn't add or change anything.

Long live academic freedom!

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"frig"
Ohio State Public Law Working Paper No. 59
Center for Interdisciplinary Law and Policy Studies Working
Paper Series No. 39

Contact: CHRISTOPHER M. FAIRMAN
Ohio State University - Michael E.
Moritz College of Law
Email: fairman.3@osu.edu
Auth-Page: http://ssrn.com/author=343920

Full Text: http://ssrn.com/abstract=896790

This Article is as simple and provocative as its title suggests:
it explores the legal implications of the word frig. The
intersection of the word frig and the law is examined in four
major areas: First Amendment, broadcast regulation, sexual
harassment, and education. The legal implications from the use of
frig vary greatly with the context. To fully understand the legal
power of frig, the nonlegal sources of its power are tapped.
Drawing upon the research of etymologists, linguists,
lexicographers, psychoanalysts, and other social scientists, the
visceral reaction to frig can be explained by cultural taboo.
frig is a taboo word. The taboo is so strong that it compels many
to engage in self-censorship. This process of silence then
enables small segments of the population to manipulate our rights
under the guise of reflecting a greater community. Taboo is then
institutionalized through law, yet at the same time is in tension
with other identifiable legal rights. Understanding this
relationship between law and taboo ultimately yields frig
jurisprudence.

[Corlyss_D]

Glad you warned Dan. We wouldn't want his tender sympathies to be upset.

[Ralph]

I assume many other CMGers are in deep shock.

[Corlyss_D]

Look how many hits your thread has gotten.

[Ralph]

Look how many hits your thread has gotten.

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But folks are afraid to comment?

[Richard Mullany]

No prude, I have always held this word back, like the biggest shell in the armory of choice words, to express myself clearly.
Every now and then a situation ariises which demands a curse fairly breathtaking to fully give vent to the most extreme feelings.
In the heat of the moment, when all else has failed, "**** you", hurled at the enemy, has a punch nothing else conveys.
But of course overuse of the word robs it of its power, that's why I don't favor its wide use.

[Brendan]

There is only one actual swear word left, and this ain't it. When there is a huge sign for a shop called "FCUK" in downtown anywhere Australia this word shouldn't make even children giggle anymore.

EDIT: And in terms of picking fights and stuff, it no longer makes an impact. If someone yells it at you, reply along the lines of "May Beelzebub bite off your genetalia and spit it out again as disgusting!"

While your opponent is standing there thinking: "What the f___?" either run away or get the first shot in.

[Corlyss_D]

No prude, I have always held this word back, like the biggest shell in the armory of choice words, to express myself clearly.

I use is so much as an exclamation around the house that the animals scatter when they hear it - they know worse yelling follows shortly.

[Ralph]

No prude, I have always held this word back, like the biggest shell in the armory of choice words, to express myself clearly.

I use is so much as an exclamation around the house that the animals scatter when they hear it - they know worse yelling follows shortly.

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Who is you cursin'?

[Corlyss_D]

No prude, I have always held this word back, like the biggest shell in the armory of choice words, to express myself clearly.

I use is so much as an exclamation around the house that the animals scatter when they hear it - they know worse yelling follows shortly.

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Who is you cursin'?

Whatever is annoying me (causing me extra work) at the moment. As an exclamation, it doesn't have to attach to anyone. It just is.

[RebLem]

Leave it to a lawyer to make "frig" fucking boring.

[Richard Mullany]

As an inmate of the American South I can testify to you that "the word" is still extremely potent and not heard very often. Cursing is still not common in public life here and if I were to belt out a good one in public I would be told, by someone, to can it. It is common to see people in a restuarant say grace before eating. To witness five or six guys step right out of "Deliverance" saying grace, holding hands before eating is still a culture shock to me.