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Cursing is showing rude, disrespectful behavior toward another person or animal [1].

In most cases, swear words is often said to make people feel "cool", and "important", sometimes some people curse because their parents did the same thing when they were kids. If you have a friend, aunt or uncle who curses, you may not know how to deal with it, this article can help you however.



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    Try to understand why the person uses curse words. Do you even know why that person curses? Does the person just curse to try to lash out at you, or does the person listen to movies where they curse? If the person just isn't angry and swears, than they are just trying to be cool. So make sure you study that person's behavior.
    • Please understand that nobody's perfect. Sometimes, the person doesn't really mean to cuss, but the word just slips out. However if the person curses all the darn time, than it's a obsession.
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    Admit your feelings. The person has every right to know how you feel, so you can email that person, or even just tell him/her in person. If the person gets unhappy about you telling him/her about you telling him/her about the cursing habit than that person is trying to blame you for the problem.
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    Down below are some suggestions to help the person stop cursing:
    • Help the person think before they speak and help them refrain from using that language [2]. For instance, if you just feel a curse word coming, just say to that person, "Remember, watch your mouth".
    • Get the person to try meditating.
    • Try to get the person to stop talking, it does work.
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  • Remember you can't control others, or their mouths.
  • Walk away, no matter who they are when they are pushing your buttons.
  • Be patient.
  • Define the reasons him or her cursing bothers you so much and learn to distinguish if the cursing becomes a constant verbal aggression to you or others around you.
  • Try to teach them a respectful way to behave and ignore them thereafter without letting it become apparent that their presence annoys you.
  • Remember if you don't know the person they could have anger problems and could turn violent

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