Yes, it is possible. In many cultures swearing is considered a sign that one is too thick to make oneself understood in any other way, and therefore almost unheard of. Swearing usually doesn't become a habit until around puberty (when it becomes cool to use those words, instead of reason for someone to tell teacher). If you're a kid and you don't want to swear, just don't let yourself pick up the habit. If you do already swear, you can try two things. Either exert your will and just don't allow yourself to swear, or develop a vocabulary of non-swearing expletives. This is the most common, I think. Saying things like "fudge!" "sugar!" and "monkey!" give you all the pleasure of swearing with none of the bitter aftertaste. Other fun non-swears: crumbs, bags, flippin', shoelaces, hornswaggler, bucket, Christmas.

Another good way to stop swearing is have a kid around. I used to swear really bad. Now I have a two month old and I hardly ever curse at all. The words I say mostlly is goodness, jeez, or gosh.

Yes, it is possible. Not to toot my own horn, but I don't use foul language. I decided as a kid that I was not going to pick of that habit. Yes, at times I get frustrated or upset, but I use more innocuous words to express my discontent. It used to be primarily dang and shoot. However, the latter one can easily be mistaken for a word that I don't use. So, in recent years I have taken to using crimany (sp?). There is no chance of that being mistaken for a vulgarity. It is just a matter of disciplining your tongue. If you truly don't want to use such language, then you don't have to. BTW, personally, I don't like to be around people that use foul language. Call be a snob if you like, but I consider such language to be a sign of inadequate self discipline and/or improper breeding. (Breeding here refers to the way a child is raised as opposed to bloodlines or economic status.) ************** "jervinator: I believe it's 'criminy'." None of spelling check software on my computer recognizes that spelling either as legitimate.

Or you could try the "Swear Box". Every time you swear you have to put in a certain amount of money (make it small you don't want to bankrupt yourself!) at the end of the month either you can give it to charity (the ethical option) or just go on holiday (the selfish, possibly more effective option)

When I moved to Eastern Europe I decided to actively ignore all cuss words in the local languages. I don't look them up, if I happen to see one defined in a dictionary I immediately look at something else so as to forget it, don't ask people what they mean, can't remember how to spell them and so forth. The results have been very pleasant. Someone can't offend me as easily so I keep my cool, and I can ignore other peoples' arguments and graffiti. You don't get as angry. You aren't forced to think about nasty things. You can spend your time thinking about nice things instead. Something that precedes a lot of violent incidents is an exchange of profanity, and the reason is that if you call somebody a string of foul names--which are almost always inaccurate, literally--you can think about the person as being what you called him, and if he actually was what you called him, why, he deserves to have it beaten out of him. At least in your mind.

Yeah. My aunt did it, but she's still alive... and 40.

Anything is possible. The best advice I can offer is to expand your vocabulary. Some people use curse words for lack of better words to use. There are thousands of alternates for every curse word there is. Pick up a vocabulary builder, the SAT prep books for vocab are great for this. Alongside doing this, make of list of curse words you frequently use and beside them list words you can use in lieu of these. Get fancy, find some Old English words and impress your friends! If they ask what you mean, tell them to look it up! You learned something new and you can make others learn as well.

Sure! Anything is possible! For many though, it's easier to continue with an established pattern - started in youth, when "cussing" out loud was a fast ticket into "in" crowd. The use of curse words is easy, lazy and still very effective . . . Most of us don't have a vast vocabulary of words, to better express our opinions, or get the most attention for our point of view, especially in anger or outrage. Some people simply don't have the intelligence to put a good sentense together in any circumstance, and using curse words is their only chance to add interest, express a passion, or tell of their extreme seriousness about what they're saying. "An average educated person knows about 20,000 words and uses about 2,000 words in a week." - Johnny Ling, www.hypertextbook.com

I used to have a bad foul language habit, then when I became a Christian, I wanted to live a cleaner life and so I didnt want to use that foul language that I was accustomed to using, so I decided not to. It is hard to break old habits, but it is not impossible.

No. if it were not so, these words would not be in the dictionary. Besides, it relieves tension.

I find that it really isn't. Most people that say it is possible tend to have lower standards of what they consider a curse. Some blush at the mention of the word "poop" and consider that a curse, however mild, while others watch "The Aristocrats" (not to be confused with the Disney film, "The AristoCATS"!) without batting an eyelash. Watch that episode of South Park where the s-word loses it's sting due to overuse/overexposure. While it may be easy to avoid use of the more vulgar words, there will always be a need for a way to express extremes; shocked exclamation, displeasing derogatory adjective, pain, frustration, etcetera. Personally I am generally controlled enough to react to in a G- or PG-rated manner, but whenI am frustrated or in severe pain I tend to be a little less restrained. One good crushing blow and I can get scatology, incest, necro-bestiality, and power tools into a single sentence before I realize what I'm saying.

Hell no.

Its possible, but in order to do you so you have to remove the cause of it and/or change our expression of it. Anger and frustration are these causes, to name a few. We are human and everyone is going to feel these well up inside of them every so often. I sincerely do not believe that simply substituting non "bad words" is a form of cussing cessation. You are still performing the same act for the same reason. Its the same thing.. the only difference, when you step back and look at yourself or another who is using this tactic, is that the sylables uttered are ever so slightly different. Mental discipline is the only way to stop cussing. Become like Spock from star trek or find a way to express your anger in other ways non-verbal. then you won't get weird looks from people when you scream at the top of your lungs, the rather benign but rediculous, "crimeny" "shoot" "dang" "heck" "frick" "fudge"; the list goes on. I can honestly say that I have a tendency to use curse words now and again. but I don't over use. I met a very wealthy man once who once told me that he doesn't a trust a man who doesn't curse simply because that man is afraid to express the way he feels to others. The type who bottles up anger for years maybe and then explodes or one who simply doens't know how to get angry. Both of these situations are a problem for someone. One means your an emotionless half-man; the other could mean your a repressed loose cannon with a temper. both are sub-human qualities. I don't necessary think that the *occasional* use of curse words is a problem or an indication that one doesn't know alternatives to these words. I view it as a natural expression of a perfectly valid human emotion that needs to be expressed. It is a problem however when every other word is such. Or if you find yourself using these words at inappropriate times you may have a problem. There is something extraordinarily satisfying at getting frustrated and screaming a bad word. some primal urge that seems to be satisfied when you scream the F-word or some other thing(hopefully not a racial slur). and for some reason using the alternative words that I learned when I was 5 years old isn't quite as liberating. Call me irreverent or a butthead, or what you will, but remember, you're still swearing; putting a mask over something, doesn't change what is underneath