“The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men…. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you.” Do you know what that quote is from? If you said the Bible, Ezekiel 25:17 to be exact, then you would be right. However, if you said Samuel L. Jackson in one of the greatest scenes of movie history during Pulp Fiction, you would be even more right.

This movie came up in conversation between me and my friends Savannah and Luke, neither of who have seen the movie. Now, the movie really doesn’t have anything to do this article but, if you’ve seen the movie, you know that there is quite a bit of profanity in it. 284 F-bombs to be exact with over 400 non-Disney channel words.

Now, if you know me personally, you know my day to day language is much like Pulp Fiction or a Lil Wayne album. I cuss, I cuss a lot. It’s not my greatest quality; but hey, it’s who I am. Now I’m respectful about it, I don’t cuss in class usually or in front of people I don’t know, especially elderly adults; and especially, without any question, my mother.

However, with those exceptions, I usually have a pretty foul mouth. But here is my question: who decided that these words are “bad”? Who decided that the F word was bad but a word like “Frog” isn’t? They are both four letters, they both start with F, but one can’t be said on cable. This baffles me, I don’t understand it.

This got me thinking to where cuss words originated. I found out that the F word is actually an acronym. Fornicating Under Consent of the King is the actual meaning of it. Now, how it changed from that what it is today and when it became vulgar? I have no idea but I want to find whoever did it and throw a few F-bombs his way.

Whenever I think about cussing I usually think of my good friend Ben Skipworth (that crazy guy that is always bashing LeBron in the paper) and how he doesn’t cuss. Instead Ben uses some very colorful replacement words. Fwapping, dookie, and flapping, are just a few of my favorite Ben-isms. I respect Ben’s decision not to cuss and I usually try to dial it down when I’m around him; but nonetheless, his substitutions are pretty hilarious.

This girl that I’ve been seeing for a few months doesn’t like me to cuss that much either. I definitely try to dial it down around her; she is the boss after all. If someone doesn’t like me to cuss, I usually respect their request and try to abide by it. But sometimes I just want to say…. Well, never mind.