Get Yoself A True Gangsta Name!

[thorn]

Go for it.

[derenik]

What's a euphamism?

[tigger422]

A euphanism is a word that people use in the place of a bad or inappropiate word.

[derenik]

Oh OK! Thanks!

[thorn]

Like fudge!!!

[tigger422]

I think that started because of how bad American communities are. I know my cousin taught her toddler fudge after she heard him curse.

[thorn]

I wonder who came up with the idea of cuss words, I mean its just a word.

[tigger422]

Probably in the 1800's because thats when, for a brief period of time, cussing, or as they called it, four letter words became illegal.

[thorn]

But not all cuss words are four letter words, and some are even in the dictionary.

[tigger422]

Four letter words is just an expression. Anyway back then they were all four letters. Then people just started making up new words so they repealed the law. And they are in the dictionary because many have alternate meanings or are used in great works of lititure.