Heck

[darthzew]

I was just thinking about the world's worst euphemism: heck. It's really terrible! Think about it, the two most common non-euphemism things to put after "What the" are "hell" and "fuck"... well, let's look at heck:

HEll fuCK.

Do you see what I'm saying? By saying "what the heck", you're actually combining the two to form one really terrible way out. And people get onto me for saying jackhole. Now, I didn't a definitive etymology of "heck" but I can't help but see this as not a coincidence.

So, my point here is... hell isn't really that bad of a swear word, if one at all. So, why do people use this really stupid euphemism? Do you use it?

Personally, I'm a Christian and I have no problem with most swearing as long as its not overused and used in the right place. I've said "what the heck" before, but that's only because I'd be in trouble if I said "hell". I will no longer say "what the heck" after realizing that it's basically both "bad words" combined.

And barely related, I really hate it when people substitute hell when it's used properly. For example "you're going to die and go to heck!"

 

[Datalord]

Hell isn't really a swearword, and fuck is actually an abbreviation for Fornication Under Consent of the King, no joke

 

[Mr.Pandah]

While I don't think its those two words combined, I feel it doesn't have the impact needed to actually make a statement. You look like a child when you say something like What the heck. When little kids replace words like "ass" with "butt", its cute. When an adult says something like that, it just doesn't sit right.

 

[darthzew]

...fuck is actually an abbreviation for Fornication Under Consent of the King, no joke

I used to believe that, but that's a myth. It's a genuine word with real etymology:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuck

 

[Ursus Astrorum]

Though I wholeheartedly agree with your point, the thought of House giving a lecture on childish swear words strikes me as very funny.

 

[WolfThomas]

Hell isn't really a swearword, and fuck is actually an abbreviation for Fornication Under Consent of the King, no joke

Actually that's a false etymology. People made that up to explain it. There are lots of different possible origins for the f-word.

And Heck is just a euphemism for hell, not hell-fuck.

 

[darthzew]

Hell isn't really a swearword, and fuck is actually an abbreviation for Fornication Under Consent of the King, no joke

Actually that's a false etymology. People made that up to explain it. There are lots of different possible origins for the f-word.

And Heck is just a euphemism for hell, not hell-fuck.

Well, even if it isn't, the idea is still there. It being the two combined has just become my argument for the people who honestly believe they're "fighting swearing" or something like that.

 

[WolfThomas]

Actually I had a really big problem fighting my swearing at christmas with the ultra-Christians. I managed to eliminate all the big bad words from my vocabulary. But then I described the cake as "sweet-ass", my Grandma asked me what I said and I quickly said her cake was as "sweet-as, meaning really good".

 

[Anarchemitis]

That's why I use "Good Gravy", "Son of a [Capulet/Montague]" or "Poop".

 

[darthzew]

That's why I use "Good Gravy", "Son of a [Capulet/Montague]" or "Poop".

"I bite my thumb at you" is also a good one, noting your Romeo and Juliet reference.

 

[Anarchemitis]

"Thou lumpish rampaelian bum-fluff."

 

[Radelaide]

That's why I use "Good Gravy", "Son of a [Capulet/Montague]" or "Poop".

I may start using "Son of a Capulet/Montague"



I drop the C-Bomb a lot. But I am working on not using it as much.

 

[RPJesus]

What the heck? [http://idontbelieveit.ytmnd.com/]

 

[Malkavian]

That's why I use "Good Gravy", "Son of a [Capulet/Montague]" or "Poop".

I feel inspired. Thank you, good sir.

 

[PumpItUp]

House (darthzew) makes a good point about the inappropriateness of "heck". It makes it doubly ironic when (Christian) parents attempt to explain to their kids what happens if they do something bad and they say, "You'll go to heck".
Unless you're some puritanical cultist, hell is the correct term for Satan's flower garden and should be used as such. Saying heck only dilutes the point you're trying to get across.

And yes, Satan has a flower garden. Why shouldn't he?

 

[Sprogus]

And yes, Satan has a flower garden. Why shouldn't he?

Correction, Satan sits at the bottom of a giant pit playing with kittens.

 

[PumpItUp]

And yes, Satan has a flower garden. Why shouldn't he?

Correction, Satan sits at the bottom of a giant pit playing with kittens.

As he's playing with the kittens in the flower garden at the bottom of a giant pit, he chuckles quietly to himself as the hyperreligious types fear him enough to not use the word "hell". Way to go, religidiots, Satan grows stronger because you're pussies (kitties!).

 

[Sprogus]

And yes, Satan has a flower garden. Why shouldn't he?

Correction, Satan sits at the bottom of a giant pit playing with kittens.

As he's playing with the kittens in the flower garden at the bottom of a giant pit, he chuckles quietly to himself as the hyperreligious types fear him enough to not use the word "hell". Way to go, religidiots, Satan grows stronger because you're pussies (kitties!).

Ok I can agree to that.

 

[TheBluesader]

Hell isn't really a swearword, and fuck is actually an abbreviation for Fornication Under Consent of the King, no joke

Ugh. For the last darn-hecking time, NO IT ISN'T.

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl-f-word.htm

Read to the bottom. Geez.