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Originally Posted by Kemal
Profane insults aren't meant to be taken literally most of the time; the profanity just expresses an emotion.
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Agreed, and the extremety of the profanity is usually used to express the intensity of the emotion.
"Godamnit!" = "I'm angry!", not "I wish God to Damn this thing to suffering"
"Fuck!" = "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !" not "SEX!"