When is a Whore not a Whore?

PROFANITY - R.I.P.

Once upon a time... many many years ago (when I was a kid) there were "swear/curse" words and "taboo" words. We dare not say them in front of adults... and even used them sparingly amongst ourselves (they were best saved for special occassions for the best impact). Heck... even saying "JC" met with stares and shhhs from adults.

Sadly, I have recently realized the "commoditization" of profanity has all but removed the meaning and impact. Fershizzle.

I blame us... the wannabes... as we have been cheating for many years... f**k was frig, s**t was shoot, damn was darn, hell was heck. Shoot, it was only natural that bitch become beyotch and whore become ho. Natural as heck I say. I use the "soft" swear words in the office... you do too... so frig yourself.

Nowadays it is nothing to hear a mother say "shut the hell up" to her kid in the grocery store, or to hear a kid say "f**k" when missing the bus.

Rap music is rife with the once taboo n-bomb and pretty much every other old school profanity. You'd be hard pressed to find a rap song on the radio without some form of swearing. Why? Rappers aren't stupid... they know this sh*t sells... so what do they do.... put more in and let the beeping tell the story. In fact, "beeping" has become as much a part of the song as the legit lyrics (assuming there are some). For example "I put my jimmy in her "beep" and she liked it so... I dragged the bitch to my crib and we "beep" some mo'" Heck I should write .

Strangely, the F word IS allowed on television... but the close cousin MF is not. Next time you are watching a movie on network television... listen closely to the beep. They beep the "mutha" but not the "f**ker". Hmmmm someone has a closet Oedipus complex. Thanks to my wife for this observation.

When is a whore not a whore? When she's a "ho"... and my bitch ain't no ho.

Peace.

TT