Why do we use profanity when we talk expressively? The literal meaning is often very different from what we are actually trying to say. Do we do it just because we like it?

Profanity and it's weird application in language.

F@#k, Sh*t, C&%t!, just some of the words considered profane and generally not acceptable in conversation (especially in public). I must admit that I myself am a perpetrator of the use of profanity. I've been told on occasion that sometimes i swear too much, but hey f&^k it!
However i have been thinking about the use of profanity in language (English language anyway) and why we use it in certain situations and actually how funny it really is when u take into account the literal meanings of curse words when applied metaphorically in a sentence. Listed below are some common colloquial uses of a profane word in a sentence and then translated that sentence into its literal meaning. You'll see that the two have next to no resemblance in meaning at all and more often than not it has the opposite meaning! Quite amusing i reckon. I hope those of you who read this will continue the list and add your own profane sentences with their literal translation or perhaps translate these ones with other possible meanings. Enjoy!

Common Phrase:    “... f%$k it!”

Use:                    Normally used to express agitation, that you give up on, or do not care about something or someone.

Literal meaning:    “I wish to have sexual congress with that which has irritated me”. Doesn't make sense does it? If something has upset you or don't care about it why would you want to f@$k it, especially if it's not a person? What if the thing that has irritated you is something intangible? Do you go around trying to hump the open space around you? You'd look pretty retarded if you did that.

Common Phrase:    “... f%$k off!” I've been told this many times.

Use:                    Normally used to express agitation with another person and that you wish for the offending person to leave.

Literal meaning:    “I wish you to leave and have sexual congress”. When you look at it this way it makes you wish more people would tell you to “f#$k off!” The more people wishing that i will be fortunate enough to have sex the better! I shall try my best to please those who wish for me in this manner.

Common Phrase:    “... go f%$k yourself!”

Use:                    Pretty much the same as the above perhaps with a little more emphasis.

Literal meaning:    “I wish you to leave and have sexual congress with yourself”. Why on earth if someone has offended you would ask them to pleasure themselves. I must admit that i really don't have much of a problem with that. At least once a day! You do too! You're a liar if you say you don't.

Common Phrase:    “... f%$k you!”

Use:                    Often used to express to another person that they have said or done something that has offended you or that you do not agree with that person.

Literal meaning:    “I would like to engage is sexual congress with you”. Well this is how i choose to interpret such a remark (depending on who's saying it of course). However, if I'm at logger heads with another person I'm generally not thinking i want to have sex with them. I would rather kick their ass. A good response to this remark would be ; “you promise?” or “when?”

Common Phrase:    “... p!ss off!”

Use:                    To tell someone to go away

Literal meaning:    “I would like you to leave but please urinate whilst you are doing so”. Ok so this one pretty much has the same meaning but why would you want to watch the offending person take a piss? You freak!