The 'F' Word and an Oxymoron
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381960)
Rockingham, Australia
July 19, 2016 8:28pm CST
We always used to stop for hitch-hikers or people having car-trouble. Now we're more careful about who we stop for but we still try to help if we think it's safe.
A few years back we stopped near a car with the bonnet up and a young guy tinkering with the motor. There was a young pregnant girl sitting on the grass holding a young dog. Although Vin tried to help, he needed a crescent so we drove to a farm-house close by to borrow one. We knew this people very slightly and the best part of that little visit was that their pet doe kangaroo was laying on the front mat along with the two Border Collies.
The men decided the car would have to stay there so we returned the crescent and said we'd take the couple to their home which was about 10 kms past our place. Of course, we had to take the all-legs-and-tail young dog as well. But when we dropped them off, the young man kept calling Vin an 'effing angel'. We drove away trying not to laugh. I guess it was a compliment.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
20 Jul 16
Not the best combination to be for sure- Lol! but your husband really was that day---haha!
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@JudyEv (381960)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Jul 16
@MarymargII Once people watched their tongues around children and their elders but not anymore. Anything goes nowadays.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
20 Jul 16
@JudyEv It amazes me how some young people don't stop to think if the person they say those words too will be offended or not! It's funny but you've got to shake your head too----lol!
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@koopharper (7599)
• Canada
20 Jul 16
For some people it is such a major part of their vocabulary. 
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@koopharper (7599)
• Canada
20 Jul 16
@JudyEv I have to watch my own tongue because I'm around people who use it all the time. The young people are not the biggest culprits.
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@JudyEv (381960)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Jul 16
@CoralLevang Because it is offensive to many people, we wouldn't use the f word. We wouldn't use it anyway. It used to be regarded as more offensive than it is now but constant usage has dulled the impact of it. Sh*t used to be about the worst you'd hear but that is commonplace now too.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
20 Jul 16
lol The younger generation is much more liberal with their "f" s than most older people are. But yes, lol it was a compliment.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
20 Jul 16
@JudyEv MMy kids and grandkids know not to use it around me!!
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@JudyEv (381960)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Jul 16
@BelleStarr I think that is very good. I like to see older folk given a bit of respect. Sometimes it seems in short supply.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
20 Jul 16
Better an "effing angel" than some kind of hole I can think of. You two are very kind and not very risk averse perhaps.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
20 Jul 16
@JudyEv Wonderful experiences!
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@JudyEv (381960)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Jul 16
We were towing a pop-up caravan once coming from a music festival and picked up a lad and his pushbike. The bike went down the middle of the caravan. He was a lovely young man, a Canadian. Our son hitch-hiked in Ireland once with his double bass so maybe it's all karma going round and round. Have a great day.
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@JudyEv (381960)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Jul 16
I don't think this guy even knew he was using it. It just came out wherever he needed an adjective. We don't use it either but a few of our male friends are pretty free with it. When I was young 'sh*t' was considered really 'bad' but it is now commonly used.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
20 Jul 16
The word is in abundantly common use here in England, which I have always found to be extremely wrong. When I was young it was considered unacceptable to use such language in mixed company, but nobody appears to car these days.
Even now I would never even consider using that word in female company.
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@JudyEv (381960)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Jul 16
I think men should temper their language in the company of women but very few do - only the old ones who were brought up in the 'old school'. And 'sh*t' was considered very rude when I was young but it is prevalent too now. Still, this lad meant well! 
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
20 Jul 16
lol, though swearing he was obviously genuinely grateful for your aistance - swearwords are only bad or good in context
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@JudyEv (381960)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Jul 16
@CoralLevang You have a good point. Maybe I should have just said he was an energetic, undisciplined dog.
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@JudyEv (381960)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Jul 16
@CoralLevang He would have been 'free-spirited' in someone else's car perhaps but not scrabbling round in ours.
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
20 Jul 16
yes unusual ... but glad that you saw they meant it in a good way... some people pepper their whole conversation with the F' word in good and bad ways... lol
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@lilnana1111 (2305)
• United States
21 Jul 16
Lol, I guess it was a compliment in his own way.
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@LindaCPearson (2240)
• United States
20 Jul 16
I think it was a compliment!! Some people throw the "f" word in just about every sentence, often more than once, never meaning it as a swear word!
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
20 Jul 16
lol, a funny way to compliment.
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@Inlemay (17712)
• South Africa
21 Jul 16
"It is a magical word which, just by its sound can describe pain, pleasure, love, and hate. In language, "f" falls into many grammatical categories."
It can be used as a verb, action verb, a passive verb and adverb.
or as a noun. It can also be used as an interjection - This is my favourite,
It can even be used as a conjunction
Magic indeed!
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@JudyEv (381960)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Jul 16
Are we talking about the same word? I wouldn't have thought it signified love for starters or that it could be used as a conjunction. I'll have to experiment more. :)
I wouldn't have thought it signified love for starters or that it could be used as a conjunction. I'll have to experiment more. :)
@Mike197602 (15504)
• United Kingdom
21 Jul 16
The first and only time I stopped for anyone was on the side of the M5N south of birmingham.
I was on the CB and people were asking for help...I drove them to the services.
Since then I've stopped for nobody and probably wouldn't again.
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@JudyEv (381960)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Jul 16
We don't swear too often either - certainly not like that anyway. :)
@responsiveme (22923)
• India
20 Jul 16
That isindeed an unusual prefix for an angel
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